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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. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Nebraska.

2. What does Naylor avoid when he is growing his crop on his farm?
(a) GMOs.
(b) Water.
(c) Subsidies.
(d) Government help.

3. Since they don't have to worry about nitrogen, farmers no longer have to ________ their crops to ensure soil fertility.
(a) Salt.
(b) Plant.
(c) Weed.
(d) Rotate.

4. How many generations have been at the Salatin farm, all committed to alternative farming?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. Salatin's ______ invented many of the methods of farming that are used on the farm today.
(a) Aunt.
(b) Brother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?

3. Where does Pollan take his family at the end of this section of the book?

4. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?

5. Pollan sees some mushrooms which he believes to be ___________, though he is not sure enough to eat them.

(see the answer key)

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