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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ changed the way that humans ate, and put humans at the top of the food chain.
(a) Gathering.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Stores.
(d) Hunting.

2. __________ is another tool that humans use to decide if a food is good to eat, which helps to avoid foods that smell rotten.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Revulsion.

3. Buying local foods grown in a __________ manner underwrites a set of values important to the people.
(a) Plentiful.
(b) Organic.
(c) Sustainable.
(d) Industrial.

4. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.
(a) Excess.
(b) Fat.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Obesity.

5. What is the name of the person that Pollan goes with to deliver the foods to local restaurants?
(a) Bev.
(b) Bill.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan has never ________ before he begins the new opportunity to learn about food chains.

2. The invention of synthetic materials also meant that _________ would become necessary to fix the nitrogen.

3. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.

4. What were the programs that were set up in order to help farmers during the rougher years?

5. Pollan looks over the land and it makes him think of _________, which is something marketers now try to sell.

(see the answer key)

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