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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Naylor farm has turned from a diverse farm to one that has become a _________ production mecca.
(a) Barley.
(b) Corn.
(c) Soybean.
(d) Wheat.

2. 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.

3. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.
(a) Hybridization.
(b) Drought.
(c) Pesticides.
(d) Weather.

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

5. Where does Pollan find himself first questioning what the food on the market is made of?
(a) Forest.
(b) Camp.
(c) Supermarket.
(d) Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over time, corn has become everything humans need to be a staple of the _________ food chain.

2. Where do all of the parts of the corn end up in as a result of the new process to separate its parts?

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

4. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.

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

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