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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. The _________ is one of the specialized animals that Pollan points out as having no issues with eating.
(a) Horse.
(b) Lion.
(c) Koala.
(d) Mosquito.

2. 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.

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

4. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Mutated.
(b) Reproduced.
(c) Grew.
(d) Died.

5. The Naylor farm has turned from a diverse farm to one that has become a _________ production mecca.
(a) Soybean.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Barley.

Short Answer Questions

1. The lack of a food _______ is something that causes humans to be susceptible to food fads.

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

3. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.

4. What is the name of the person who began to take away the programs to help the farmers?

5. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?

(see the answer key)

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