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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten through Chapter Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pollan admit about the chickens that Salatin sells on his farm?
(a) Smaller size.
(b) Higher price.
(c) Lower quality.
(d) Bigger breasts.

3. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?
(a) Skin.
(b) Germ.
(c) Endosperm.
(d) Stalk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.

2. What is the book that is considered to be the organic grower's bible?

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

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

5. Salatin points out that being ________ doesn't necessarily mean that a farm is also going to be sustainable.

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