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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 development lab that Pollan visits in order to learn more about corn?
(a) General Mills.
(b) Birds Eye.
(c) Ralston Purina.
(d) Monsanto.

2. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?
(a) No one.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Dutch royalty.
(d) Cows.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.
(a) Bean.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Soil.
(d) Water.

9. What were the programs that were set up in order to help farmers during the rougher years?
(a) HSA.
(b) New Deal.
(c) FFA.
(d) FSA.

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

11. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.
(a) Metals.
(b) Rules.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Chemicals.

12. Wallerstein originally worked for a _______ where he learned he could entice people to buy more with larger sizes.
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Library.
(c) Movie theater.
(d) University.

13. The pastures are filled with native grasses that actually benefit from ____________.
(a) Mowing.
(b) Grazing.
(c) Organic yogurt.
(d) Fertilizers.

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

15. The idea behind grass farming is that the ________ is the most natural and renewable source of energy.
(a) Water.
(b) Worker.
(c) Sun.
(d) Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.

2. The push for corn has also led to the industrialization of _______ farms, according to Naylor.

3. What is NOT one of the things that humans consult in order to determine what they will and will not eat?

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

5. What does Pollan admit about the chickens that Salatin sells on his farm?

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