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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. Salatin points out that being ________ doesn't necessarily mean that a farm is also going to be sustainable.
(a) Gathering.
(b) Organic.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Natural.

2. Supporting farms help animals to have safer lives than they might have in the ________, according to Pollan.
(a) Zoo.
(b) City.
(c) Market.
(d) Wild.

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

4. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.
(a) Salt.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Baking soda.

5. Humans also overcame their _________ in plants through cooking, grinding, or soaking the foods.
(a) Defenses.
(b) Stagnation.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Appetites.

Short Answer Questions

1. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.

2. Industrial communities sell __________, while the artisinal sells a special product.

3. The increased ______ of corn has meant a drop in crop space for other plants, according to Naylor.

4. Humans, when faced with a new _______, often take a small amount and wait for the results.

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

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