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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the once trash strewn park that was turned into a community garden?
(a) Roller Park.
(b) Garden Park.
(c) Berkeley Park.
(d) People's Park.

2. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.
(a) Consume.
(b) Buy.
(c) Throw away.
(d) Make.

3. How many acres of woodland help Salatin continue to live outside the modern world?
(a) 5.
(b) 250.
(c) 100.
(d) 450.

4. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.
(a) Organic blends.
(b) GMOs.
(c) Fertilizers.
(d) Wheat.

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

6. In the early 19th century, Americans were drinking more alcohol, which cause the Alcohol _________.
(a) Issue.
(b) Economy.
(c) Boozefest.
(d) Republic.

7. A new program was introduced to pay the farmers directly for the difference in price between the target and the selling price of ________.
(a) Corn.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Barley.

8. Every day, the ________ pens are moved to ensure that the droppings spread evenly.
(a) Pig.
(b) Horse.
(c) Cow.
(d) Chicken.

9. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.
(a) Prices.
(b) Packaging.
(c) Value.
(d) Sugars.

10. Salatin doesn't follow the USDA guidelines by processing his _________ in an open air building without any walls.
(a) Fruits.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Vegetables.

11. In many CAFOs, the _______ of pigs are cut off in response to the aggressive behavior they have in those conditions.
(a) Tails.
(b) Noses.
(c) Ears.
(d) Legs.

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

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

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

15. Pollan looks over the land and it makes him think of _________, which is something marketers now try to sell.
(a) Ancient.
(b) Postcard.
(c) Pastoral.
(d) Family.

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. The invention of synthetic materials also meant that _________ would become necessary to fix the nitrogen.

3. The pastures are filled with native grasses that actually benefit from ____________.

4. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?

5. Though the process of _________, animals can be fed, which then leads to the feeding of humans, too.

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