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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. Local _______ love Polyface because their products are exceptionally tasty and have more full flavor.
(a) Grocers.
(b) Chefs.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Nursing homes.

2. Pollan wants to create a meal in full ________ of the foods involved and how they came to be on his table.
(a) Transparency.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Truth.

3. The alliance between chefs and small farmers is what helps _____________ flourish.
(a) Cooking schools.
(b) Local economies.
(c) Grocery stores.
(d) Schools.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.

2. Pollan believes that the hunter and gatherer food chain is the most ___________.

3. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?

4. The lack of a food _______ is something that causes humans to be susceptible to food fads.

5. Depending on how the animals were ________, different foods can contain different amounts of omega fatty acids.

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