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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Pollan take his family at the end of this section of the book?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Taco Bell.
(c) Burger King.
(d) Wendy's.

3. In many CAFOs, the _______ of pigs are cut off in response to the aggressive behavior they have in those conditions.
(a) Tails.
(b) Legs.
(c) Noses.
(d) Ears.

4. Bentham makes the argument that if there are some humans that lack the brainpower of a ________, why are they still included in the moral argument?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cow.
(c) Horse.
(d) Chimp.

5. The modern CAFO does not take into consideration the _________ of an animal when processing them.
(a) Generations.
(b) Family.
(c) Situation.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.

2. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.

3. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?

4. The grass also gets a chance to ________ when the cattle is moved around.

5. There are parts of the world, Pollan points out, where the only use of the land is for _______, otherwise it would be useless.

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