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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Pollan ask for a detailed account of what happens when a steer is processed?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Manager.
(c) Friend.
(d) Auditor.

2. What does the farmer use to cover the chicken waste in the compost pile?
(a) Manure.
(b) Soil.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Apples.

3. Pollan admits that losing ________ does force the human to lose a part of his or her culture as well as his or her nature.
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Grains.
(c) Corn.
(d) Meat.

4. The manure of the _______ is spread on all of the pastures without fouling the pasture with too many droppings.
(a) Pig.
(b) Cow.
(c) Horse.
(d) Goat.

5. Salatin's ______ invented many of the methods of farming that are used on the farm today.
(a) Aunt.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ingredient that is broken into glucose and sweeteners, including high fructose corn syrup?

2. What is the name of Peter's Singer's book that informs the beginning of this chapter?

3. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.

4. How many acres of woodland help Salatin continue to live outside the modern world?

5. Pollan tries to be vegetarian, but gives it up as he finds it less ________ and much more difficult.

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