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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. 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.
(a) Sister plant.
(b) Mother plant.
(c) Father plant.
(d) Brother plant.

2. Factors restricting the growth of marijuana that indoor gardeners were able to control include the following except _______.
(a) Disease.
(b) Light.
(c) Heat.
(d) Nutrients.

3. When Pollan opened up the package to grow the NewLeaf potatoes, the card stated that he was now ________ to grow the potatoes.
(a) Licensed.
(b) Legalized.
(c) Authorized.
(d) Able.

4. Some Christians believed that potato was the _________ matter, while bread was antimatter and even spirit in nature.
(a) Dirt.
(b) Base.
(c) Lower.
(d) Hell.

5. Some of the farmers who grow potatoes are happy with Monsanto since this means they can skip a few _________, which saves them money.
(a) Deadlines.
(b) Sprayings.
(c) Waterings.
(d) Seasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ is one example of a chemical which was tested before it was used, only to find that later on it affected other ecosystems.

2. A growing technique which requires few tools and and a minimal amount of labor is called a ___________.

3. Pollan says that he would call the images of nature and of growing to be the Agricultural ___________, if he did not think it sounded like too much of an oxymoron.

4. __________ was what some people in England used to call the potato, which continued its separation from their diet.

5. Pollan believes that the idea of planting and of growing plants causes humans to be filled with a sense of _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the status of marijuana use and growing in Amsterdam, according to Pollan in his book?

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

5. What are some of the intoxicants and ingredients for intoxicants which Pollan admits to growing in his garden now?

6. Describe the experience Pollan had when the police almost found his large marijuana plants in his backyard?

7. What are the various ingredients which might be used in witches' spells?

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

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

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

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