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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Store purchased foods, according to Salatin, do not take into consideration environmental and health ________.
(a) Instructions.
(b) Movements.
(c) Benefits.
(d) Costs.

2. The family _______, one of the remaining parts of America's food culture, is in decline, according to Pollan.
(a) Tea.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Supper.

3. Pollan is disgusted when he looks at a picture of himself with his kill and sees ________.
(a) His grin.
(b) The eyes of the boar.
(c) Blood.
(d) A somber expression.

4. Pairing raw fish with _______ makes sense as this condiment had antibacterial properties.
(a) Ginger.
(b) Spices.
(c) Wasabi.
(d) Rice.

5. Pollan doesn't feel the same about the picture a few months later and wonders which emotion is more accurate - the happiness or the ________.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Anger.
(c) Shame.
(d) Terror.

6. Pollan also makes two entrees, one of grilled and one of braised __________.
(a) Fish.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Pork.
(d) Cow.

7. Pollan and the guests at the dinner achieve the pleasures of the ________, a camaraderie during the meal.
(a) Table.
(b) Farm.
(c) Food.
(d) Truth.

8. Bev sells to _______ worried about their children, and for those choosing to opt out of the industrial system.
(a) Young fathers.
(b) Young brothers.
(c) Young mothers.
(d) Priests.

9. Pollan makes __________ toasts from the produce in his garden and bread that uses yeast he has gathered.
(a) Potato.
(b) Kale.
(c) Tomato.
(d) Fava bean.

10. As ________ has become popular, animal rights activists have been highlighting the unethical treatment of animals.
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Inclusion.
(c) Flexitarianism.
(d) Meat eating.

11. Humans also overcame their _________ in plants through cooking, grinding, or soaking the foods.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Appetites.
(c) Stagnation.
(d) Defenses.

12. Who has helped Bev out by giving him a lot of produce to get by?
(a) No one.
(b) Salatin.
(c) Naylor.
(d) Pollan.

13. __________ is another tool that humans use to decide if a food is good to eat, which helps to avoid foods that smell rotten.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Revulsion.

14. Americans can develop an eating culture that allows omnivores to eat without _____, according to Pollan, and with full consciousness.
(a) Pain.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Dread.
(d) Fear.

15. What does Pollan decide that he wants to gather from a local pond, though he ends up not using it?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Algae.
(c) Mushroom.
(d) Salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are parts of the world, Pollan points out, where the only use of the land is for _______, otherwise it would be useless.

2. Pollan equates the feeling of everything coming into focused while also being completely relaxed to being ________.

3. What does Bev deal in that is causing him a lot of financial problems?

4. Overcoming human senses had sometimes been vital, as in the case of bitter ______________.

5. The local food movement doesn't have to combat ___________; it simply offers an alternative, according to Pollan.

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