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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gene flow normally occurs between closely related __________, so it seems that the Monsanto varieties will not spawn superweeds.
(a) Environments.
(b) Waters.
(c) Species.
(d) Lands.

2. Pigeons are associated with the discovery of ______ because of their spacing out behavior after eating the seeds.
(a) Datura.
(b) Mistletoe.
(c) Cannabis.
(d) Tobacco.

3. _________ is one example of a chemical which was tested before it was used, only to find that later on it affected other ecosystems.
(a) Marigolds.
(b) Neem oil.
(c) Bt.
(d) DDT.

4. The scourge of potatoes has always been the _________ potato beetle, which can pick a plant clean of its leaves.
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Colorado.

5. In order to reduce time and energy spent on growing male sinsemilla plants which are useless, growers started ______.
(a) Using clones.
(b) Killing male plants.
(c) Changing the light patterns.
(d) Using different seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. A _______ is one that is used for getting cuttings. Like the apples, the result of the impact of this may be detrimental to the species.

2. According to the book, the human penchant for drugs has allowed people to trip the brain's ______ system washing the brain in 'feel good' chemicals.

3. John Chapman had the imagination to identify with the _________ in the ecology of the world.

4. The book suggests that the decisions that a culture makes in which plants drugs to promote or prohibit help to ______.

5. Genetic ____________ is the catchall term used to describe the various unexpected effects that misplaced or unregulated foreign genes can have in an environment.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the dangers of the potato, according to Malthus during the time of the rise of the potato?

2. What happens to the animal in the wild who decides to eat hallucinogens and thus takes in the toxins of these plants?

3. What has been the recurrent theme about plants which are forbidden by others? What are they supposed to provide?

4. What does Pollan begin to realize after the powerful storm that ruined a part of the famous gardens of Versailles?

5. What might have happened if the police chief had seen the marijuana plant in Pollan's backyard?

6. Where was marijuana primarily grown up until the early 1980s when the war on drugs began?

7. Why were the Irish open to farming the potato in order to provide food for themselves?

8. What parts of the marijuana plant are supposed to be smoked?

9. What are some of the possible genetically modified food advances people might see in the future, according to Pollan?

10. What did Heath have to say about Pollan's question about pest resistance to the chemicals the potatoes are designed to produce?

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