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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many generations have been at the Salatin farm, all committed to alternative farming?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. Salatin's ______ invented many of the methods of farming that are used on the farm today.
(a) Mother.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Aunt.

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

6. Over time, corn has become everything humans need to be a staple of the _________ food chain.
(a) Plentiful.
(b) Organic.
(c) Industrialized.
(d) Hunter-gatherer.

7. _________ Farm started out as a small farm that sold pre-bagged salad mix, according to the book.
(a) Earthville.
(b) Greenworks.
(c) Waterworks.
(d) Earthbound.

8. What helps to reduce evaporation in the fields, and help to produce more carbon for the plants in the farm?
(a) Cows.
(b) Waters.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Trees.

9. The Salatin farming method is based on _________ polyculture, and it is highly energy efficient.
(a) Daily.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Perennial.
(d) Biennial.

10. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?
(a) Teeth.
(b) Flesh.
(c) Hair.
(d) Nails.

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

12. The grass also gets a chance to ________ when the cattle is moved around.
(a) Die.
(b) Grow.
(c) Move.
(d) Recover.

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

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

15. What is the book that is considered to be the organic grower's bible?
(a) An Agricultural Testament.
(b) A New View.
(c) Growing with Dirt.
(d) Growing in the Dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Naylor farm has turned from a diverse farm to one that has become a _________ production mecca.

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

3. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?

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

5. Corn began to rise to fame when the government war factories turned into __________ factories.

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