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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. Pollan looks over the land and it makes him think of _________, which is something marketers now try to sell.
(a) Pastoral.
(b) Postcard.
(c) Family.
(d) Ancient.

2. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.
(a) Metals.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Rules.

3. The soda industry began to ______ their sodas, which led people to drink more and to buy more.
(a) Supersize.
(b) Add contests to.
(c) Change the names of.
(d) Add nutrients.

4. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.
(a) Combatant.
(b) Resistant.
(c) Liquid.
(d) Truthful.

5. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?
(a) Teeth.
(b) Nails.
(c) Flesh.
(d) Hair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What is the ingredient that is broken into glucose and sweeteners, including high fructose corn syrup?

4. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.

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

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