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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. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?
(a) No one.
(b) Cows.
(c) Dutch royalty.
(d) Native Americans.

2. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Ohio.

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

4. At the beginning of the food chain is ________, which surprised Pollan when he realized this.
(a) Corn.
(b) Flour.
(c) Cows.
(d) Sugar.

5. A new program was introduced to pay the farmers directly for the difference in price between the target and the selling price of ________.
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Barley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn became a _________ because of its many applications for use by the settlers.

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

3. Synthetic _______, invented by Fritz Haber as a side effect of his work on bombs in Germany, meant that crops could be grown without care about the amount of this substance on the Earth.

4. The _________ is one of the specialized animals that Pollan points out as having no issues with eating.

5. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.

(see the answer key)

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