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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the food companies produced more corn, they create more _________ as it is cheaper than sugar.
(a) Artificial sweeteners.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) High fructose corn syrup.
(d) Corn oil.

2. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?
(a) Fertilizers.
(b) Water.
(c) Pesticides.
(d) GMOs.

3. Corn began to rise to fame when the government war factories turned into __________ factories.
(a) Commerce.
(b) Reduction.
(c) Peacetime.
(d) Military.

4. What is the process by which corn is changed into different parts?
(a) Dry dock.
(b) Wet substrate.
(c) Wet mill.
(d) Dry mill.

5. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Breakfast cereal.
(c) Quiche.
(d) Hamburgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pollan begin helping Salatin do when this chapter begins?

2. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?

3. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.

4. What does Naylor avoid when he is growing his crop on his farm?

5. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?

(see the answer key)

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