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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. Goats are associated with the discovery of _____, when it was observed they became frisky after eating the red berries.
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Mistletoe.

2. Andrew Weil has referred to marijuana as an _____________ when taking account of the phenomenon.
(a) Insane mind game.
(b) Active placebo.
(c) Inane drug.
(d) Idiotic choice.

3. While the potatoes were unable to provide all of the nutrients a person might need, they could get the Vitamin A from ________.
(a) The sun.
(b) Milk.
(c) Peppers.
(d) Lettuce.

4. John Chapman had the imagination to identify with the _________ in the ecology of the world.
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Bees.
(d) Tulips.

5. What sort of potato was developed by the Incan people and just one of the many potatoes which used to grow?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gold.
(c) Striped.
(d) Spotted.

Short Answer Questions

1. An industrial farmer needs to buy an expensive amount of __________, like chemical fertilizers, machinery, fuel, and pesticides.

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

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

4. What is second nature to a gardener, who leans that every advance in his control of the garden is also an invitation for disaster?

5. The Dutch genius for horticulture leftover from the ________ combined with the influx of new seeds.

Short Essay Questions

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

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 parts of the marijuana plant are supposed to be smoked?

4. What is the rationale that Pollan gives for growing pot as he decides to do when it is not as much of a legal issue?

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

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

7. What causes the Great Potato Famine and the many deaths over the area of Europe?

8. As the various lands in Europe began to rely on the potato, what were the positive benefits of this situation?

9. After a few days of drenching rain, what did the NewLeaf potato plants look like in Pollan's garden?

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

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