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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 name of the person who began to take away the programs to help the farmers?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) Ed Burrow.
(d) Earl Butz.

2. What were the programs that were set up in order to help farmers during the rougher years?
(a) HSA.
(b) New Deal.
(c) FFA.
(d) FSA.

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

4. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.
(a) Fertilizer.
(b) Bean.
(c) Water.
(d) Soil.

5. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.
(a) Rum.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Vermouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the threads of the worldwide food chain that humans fit into?

2. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.

3. What is NOT one of the things that humans consult in order to determine what they will and will not eat?

4. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?

5. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.

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