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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eighteen through Chapter Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Local _______ love Polyface because their products are exceptionally tasty and have more full flavor.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Chefs.
(c) Grocers.
(d) Nursing homes.

2. ________ help pair foods that complement one another not just in flavor, but in use as well.
(a) Dieticians.
(b) Meal plans.
(c) Cuisines.
(d) Medicine men.

3. Where does Pollan take his family at the end of this section of the book?
(a) Taco Bell.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) Burger King.
(d) Wendy's.

4. Assuming a higher intelligence in humans does not equate to a right to use others for our own _________.
(a) Books.
(b) Press.
(c) Ends.
(d) Protests.

5. What does Pollan admit he liked more than he had anticipated liking?
(a) Gathering mushrooms.
(b) Writing the book.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Hunting.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the farmer use to cover the chicken waste in the compost pile?

4. Mushrooms, Pollan points out, can be ________, but they can also be deadly.

5. Though the process of _________, animals can be fed, which then leads to the feeding of humans, too.

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