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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. A new program was introduced to pay the farmers directly for the difference in price between the target and the selling price of ________.
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Barley.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Corn.

2. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.
(a) Drought.
(b) Weather.
(c) Hybridization.
(d) Pesticides.

3. What is the ingredient that is broken into glucose and sweeteners, including high fructose corn syrup?
(a) Corn mallow.
(b) Corn husks.
(c) Corn meal.
(d) Corn starch.

4. The increased ______ of corn has meant a drop in crop space for other plants, according to Naylor.
(a) Mutation.
(b) Use.
(c) Planting.
(d) Production.

5. What does Naylor avoid when he is growing his crop on his farm?
(a) Subsidies.
(b) Government help.
(c) GMOs.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?

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

3. As a result of the new government agreement, the market is flooded with _______ corn.

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

5. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.

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