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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. What is the process by which corn is changed into different parts?
(a) Dry dock.
(b) Wet substrate.
(c) Dry mill.
(d) Wet mill.

2. Humans also overcame their _________ in plants through cooking, grinding, or soaking the foods.
(a) Defenses.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Appetites.
(d) Stagnation.

3. How many ways can a person obtain the foods from Salatin's farm?
(a) Ten.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.
(a) Hybridization.
(b) Pesticides.
(c) Weather.
(d) Drought.

5. The local food movement doesn't have to combat ___________; it simply offers an alternative, according to Pollan.
(a) Organic foods.
(b) Industrialization.
(c) Disease.
(d) Hunting and gathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan isn't surprised that the ________ doesn't encourage Salatin's farming since he buys almost nothing to support it.

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

3. What is the name of the person that Pollan goes with to deliver the foods to local restaurants?

4. What helps to reduce evaporation in the fields, and help to produce more carbon for the plants in the farm?

5. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.

(see the answer key)

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