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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pollan believes that the hunter and gatherer food chain is the most ___________.
(a) Inconvenient.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Inopportune.
(d) Truthful.

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

3. Activists appear to look at the __________ animal, which is not applicable to the natural world.
(a) Individual.
(b) Species of an.
(c) Distinct.
(d) Relationship of an.

4. Depending on how the animals were ________, different foods can contain different amounts of omega fatty acids.
(a) Moved.
(b) Fertilized.
(c) Fed.
(d) Impregnated.

5. Mushrooms, Pollan points out, can be ________, but they can also be deadly.
(a) Easy to find.
(b) Huge.
(c) Divine.
(d) Helpful.

6. What is the number of the steer that Pollan has picked out for his meal?
(a) 1489.
(b) 534.
(c) 243.
(d) 2891.

7. The early researcher notes that _______ can be the result of situations that remind humans of their animal nature.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Happiness.

8. _________ hunters are hugely secretive, according to Pollan's observations.
(a) Wild boar.
(b) Abalone.
(c) Mushroom.
(d) Mussel.

9. Supporting farms help animals to have safer lives than they might have in the ________, according to Pollan.
(a) Wild.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Market.
(d) City.

10. What does Pollan not have ready when he is about to take down a boar, causing him to feel ashamed?
(a) Gun.
(b) Stance.
(c) Hand position.
(d) Hat.

11. How many ways can a person obtain the foods from Salatin's farm?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

12. A new economy, based on a new way of __________, demands a new kind of eating where people enjoy preparing meals.
(a) Shopping.
(b) Farming.
(c) Buying.
(d) Delivering.

13. Pollan also have to abandon his idea of an abalone ____________ in his meal.
(a) Aperitif.
(b) Side dish.
(c) Appetizer.
(d) Main course.

14. Local _______ love Polyface because their products are exceptionally tasty and have more full flavor.
(a) Grocers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Chefs.
(d) Nursing homes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan has never ________ before he begins the new opportunity to learn about food chains.

2. Pollan admits that losing ________ does force the human to lose a part of his or her culture as well as his or her nature.

3. Garro brings a ________ from the boar that Pollan killed on his hunting trip.

4. Salatin disagrees with the idea that organic food is ___________.

5. Bev notes that he only has to sell the idea of the ______ in order to sell the higher priced food.

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