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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. The local food movement doesn't have to combat ___________; it simply offers an alternative, according to Pollan.
(a) Organic foods.
(b) Hunting and gathering.
(c) Disease.
(d) Industrialization.

2. Many of the products at the health store where Pollan shops contain foods from the _________ food chain.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Organic.
(c) Local farmer.
(d) Grass.

3. The family _______, one of the remaining parts of America's food culture, is in decline, according to Pollan.
(a) Dinner.
(b) Tea.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Supper.

4. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?
(a) Nails.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Hair.
(d) Flesh.

5. It is not uncommon today to have all family members eating ___________ at different times.
(a) Different foods.
(b) The same foods.
(c) Bland foods.
(d) Easy to digest foods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pollan admit about the chickens that Salatin sells on his farm?

2. Bev notes that he only has to sell the idea of the ______ in order to sell the higher priced food.

3. Pollan tries to be vegetarian, but gives it up as he finds it less ________ and much more difficult.

4. Supporting farms help animals to have safer lives than they might have in the ________, according to Pollan.

5. Pollan argues that Salatin's method of farming is far more efficient in terms of _________ to produce calories.

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