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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. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?
(a) No one.
(b) Dutch royalty.
(c) Cows.
(d) Native Americans.

2. Though the process of _________, animals can be fed, which then leads to the feeding of humans, too.
(a) Water.
(b) Photosynthesis.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Seasons.

3. Salatin is a strong believer in farming in line with one's ___________, as seen in a phone call with Pollan.
(a) World view.
(b) Horses.
(c) Season cycle.
(d) Family.

4. Pollan thinks that if stores had to include __________ of how an item was produced, people would change their eating habits.
(a) Numbers.
(b) Stories.
(c) Movies.
(d) Photos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pollan find himself first questioning what the food on the market is made of?

2. _________ changed the way that humans ate, and put humans at the top of the food chain.

3. Pollan notes that one of the lessons of hunting for food is _________, and of the relationships between man and food.

4. How many generations have been at the Salatin farm, all committed to alternative farming?

5. Store purchased foods, according to Salatin, do not take into consideration environmental and health ________.

(see the answer key)

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