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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the process by which corn is changed into different parts?
(a) Wet mill.
(b) Wet substrate.
(c) Dry mill.
(d) Dry dock.

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

3. The push for corn has also led to the industrialization of _______ farms, according to Naylor.
(a) Dairy.
(b) Animal.
(c) Soybean.
(d) Wheat.

4. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?
(a) Germ.
(b) Stalk.
(c) Endosperm.
(d) Skin.

5. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.
(a) Resistant.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Liquid.
(d) Combatant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The increased ______ of corn has meant a drop in crop space for other plants, according to Naylor.

2. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.

3. Where does Pollan find himself first questioning what the food on the market is made of?

4. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.

5. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.

(see the answer key)

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