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

2. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.
(a) Growing.
(b) Fertilized.
(c) Spread.
(d) Pollinated.

3. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.
(a) Soil.
(b) Bean.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.

2. Where does Pollan find himself first questioning what the food on the market is made of?

3. The Naylor farm has turned from a diverse farm to one that has become a _________ production mecca.

4. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.

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

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