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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.
(a) Source.
(b) Idea.
(c) Book.
(d) Religion.

2. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 29.
(d) 50.

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

4. What does Naylor avoid when he is growing his crop on his farm?
(a) Subsidies.
(b) Water.
(c) GMOs.
(d) Government help.

5. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.
(a) Wheat.
(b) Fertilizers.
(c) Organic blends.
(d) GMOs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.

2. A new program was introduced to pay the farmers directly for the difference in price between the target and the selling price of ________.

3. Corn takes in more carbon _______ during the process of photosynthesis than other plants.

4. Corn began to rise to fame when the government war factories turned into __________ factories.

5. What is NOT one of the threads of the worldwide food chain that humans fit into?

(see the answer key)

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