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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A new economy, based on a new way of __________, demands a new kind of eating where people enjoy preparing meals.
(a) Shopping.
(b) Farming.
(c) Delivering.
(d) Buying.

2. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.
(a) Make.
(b) Consume.
(c) Throw away.
(d) Buy.

3. Industrial communities sell __________, while the artisinal sells a special product.
(a) Commodities.
(b) Manpower.
(c) Resources.
(d) Marketing.

4. Salatin points out that being ________ doesn't necessarily mean that a farm is also going to be sustainable.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Natural.
(c) Organic.
(d) Gathering.

5. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.
(a) Metals.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Rules.
(d) Chickens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Depending on how the animals were ________, different foods can contain different amounts of omega fatty acids.

3. Where does Pollan take his family at the end of this section of the book?

4. What is the name of the development lab that Pollan visits in order to learn more about corn?

5. Pollan looks over the land and it makes him think of _________, which is something marketers now try to sell.

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