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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the underlying foundation of the entire Salatin farm, according to Pollan?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Grass.
(d) Chickens.

2. Corn began to rise to fame when the government war factories turned into __________ factories.
(a) Commerce.
(b) Military.
(c) Reduction.
(d) Peacetime.

3. Pollan argues that Salatin's method of farming is far more efficient in terms of _________ to produce calories.
(a) Fuel.
(b) Calories.
(c) People.
(d) Wind.

4. As a result of the new government agreement, the market is flooded with _______ corn.
(a) Cheap.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) High quality.

5. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.
(a) Oil wells.
(b) Food supplies.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Energy.

6. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

7. The _________ is one of the specialized animals that Pollan points out as having no issues with eating.
(a) Mosquito.
(b) Horse.
(c) Lion.
(d) Koala.

8. What does Pollan begin helping Salatin do when this chapter begins?
(a) Weed the land.
(b) Make hay.
(c) Add fertilizer.
(d) Milk a cow.

9. Pollan points out during the book that omnivores face a __________ when they eat today.
(a) Dilemma.
(b) Truth.
(c) Problem.
(d) Overabundance.

10. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Salt.
(c) Baking soda.
(d) Wheat.

11. What store does Pollan go to in order to begin creating a store-purchased organic meal?
(a) Cassandra's.
(b) Trader Joe's.
(c) Richard's Organic Foods.
(d) Whole Foods.

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

13. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?
(a) Skin.
(b) Germ.
(c) Endosperm.
(d) Stalk.

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

15. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Obesity.
(c) Excess.
(d) Fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the development lab that Pollan visits in order to learn more about corn?

2. What is the book that is considered to be the organic grower's bible?

3. Salatin's is an _________ farm, dedicated to the old agrarian ideas of how things should be grown.

4. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.

5. Gene Kahn is the founder of ______ Farm, which is a giant organic company that uses industrial methods.

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