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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do all of the parts of the corn end up in as a result of the new process to separate its parts?
(a) Egg sandwiches.
(b) Processed foods.
(c) Breads.
(d) Bottled water.

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the person who began to take away the programs to help the farmers?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Earl Butz.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Ed Burrow.

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

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

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

10. What does Pollan admit about the chickens that Salatin sells on his farm?
(a) Smaller size.
(b) Higher price.
(c) Lower quality.
(d) Bigger breasts.

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

12. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Combatant.
(d) Resistant.

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

14. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Mutated.
(b) Died.
(c) Grew.
(d) Reproduced.

15. Many of the products at the health store where Pollan shops contain foods from the _________ food chain.
(a) Organic.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Grass.
(d) Local farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The increased ______ of corn has meant a drop in crop space for other plants, according to Naylor.

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

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

4. What is NOT one of the threads of the worldwide food chain that humans fit into?

5. Salatin's ______ invented many of the methods of farming that are used on the farm today.

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