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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. What is the name of the company which makes the genetically modified potato called "NewLeaf"?
(a) Tyson.
(b) Monsanto.
(c) Conagra.
(d) Whole Foods.

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.
(a) Alert.
(b) Failure.
(c) Response.
(d) Reward.

3. Farmers who plant Bt crops must leave a certain portion of their land for non-Bt crops to provide a ________ for the bugs.
(a) Refuge.
(b) Study.
(c) School.
(d) Trap.

4. One way to look at ___________ engineering is to think that it allows humans to insert their intelligence into a crop.
(a) Weather.
(b) Equipment.
(c) Genetic.
(d) Farmer.

5. The weedy _________ potatoes on the edges of Andean farms caused changes in the strains of potatoes which would grow.
(a) Green.
(b) Wild.
(c) Dark.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Factors restricting the growth of marijuana that indoor gardeners were able to control include the following except _______.

2. Darwin in his original book about the origin of species was adamant that man does not introduce or produce _____________.

3. _______ is an annual convention and harvest fair sponsored by High Times Magazine that attracts many growers.

4. Until the mid-1970s, most of the marijuana in America was grown in _______ and was often sprayed with a pesticide paraquat.

5. Tukano Indians in the Amazon noticed Jaguars eating a vine, which was atypical for them and helped the Indians discover ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does genetic engineering promise to do for the crops which are growing with these modifications?

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

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

4. Why are cats so drawn to catnip, according to the research that Pollan does after seeing how his cat response to using this herb?

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

6. Describe the NewLeaf potatoes that Pollan took in order to grow at his garden.

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

8. How does one begin to grow potatoes, according to Pollan in the book?

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

10. What was going on at the time of Pollan's visit to Amsterdam for research for this book?

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