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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The modern CAFO does not take into consideration the _________ of an animal when processing them.
(a) Family.
(b) Situation.
(c) Pain.
(d) Generations.

2. Corn takes in more carbon _______ during the process of photosynthesis than other plants.
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

3. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Quiche.
(c) Breakfast cereal.
(d) Cheese.

4. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.
(a) Malleable.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Imperfect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Both food that is prepared and harvested as well as that from a store should be a part of an occasional _______ meal.

2. Salatin doesn't follow the USDA guidelines by processing his _________ in an open air building without any walls.

3. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.

4. In the early 19th century, Americans were drinking more alcohol, which cause the Alcohol _________.

5. The idea behind grass farming is that the ________ is the most natural and renewable source of energy.

(see the answer key)

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