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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. A new program was introduced to pay the farmers directly for the difference in price between the target and the selling price of ________.
(a) Wheat.
(b) Barley.
(c) Corn.
(d) Soybeans.

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

3. 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.
(a) Phosphorus.
(b) Nitrogen.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Potassium.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the underlying foundation of the entire Salatin farm, according to Pollan?

2. What store does Pollan go to in order to begin creating a store-purchased organic meal?

3. The grass also gets a chance to ________ when the cattle is moved around.

4. Pollan points out during the book that omnivores face a __________ when they eat today.

5. The soda industry began to ______ their sodas, which led people to drink more and to buy more.

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