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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. Mushrooms, Pollan points out, can be ________, but they can also be deadly.
(a) Huge.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Divine.
(d) Easy to find.

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

3. In the early 19th century, Americans were drinking more alcohol, which cause the Alcohol _________.
(a) Republic.
(b) Boozefest.
(c) Economy.
(d) Issue.

4. Salatin disagrees with the idea that organic food is ___________.
(a) More intensive.
(b) More expensive.
(c) Easier.
(d) Healthier.

5. Over time, corn has become everything humans need to be a staple of the _________ food chain.
(a) Plentiful.
(b) Hunter-gatherer.
(c) Industrialized.
(d) Organic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn is also able to limit the ______ lost during the process of photosynthesis, according to the book.

2. What would the company that raised Pollan's steer not allow him to do?

3. As the food companies produced more corn, they create more _________ as it is cheaper than sugar.

4. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.

5. Some believe that human ________ is different from that of animals because humans are capable of suffering.

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