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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hunter's _______ is the feeling of everything coming into sharp focus, and Pollan feels this during his first day.
(a) Breath.
(b) Eye.
(c) Moment.
(d) Sight.

2. Pollan tries to be vegetarian, but gives it up as he finds it less ________ and much more difficult.
(a) Socially acceptable.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Innovative.
(d) Nutritious.

3. Pollan wants to say ________ to the animals for the meal, but realizes this is already in the meal.
(a) Prayers.
(b) Thanks.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Grace.

4. What is the name of the person that Pollan goes with to deliver the foods to local restaurants?
(a) Art.
(b) Bill.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Bev.

5. __________ involves higher emotions of dread, shame, and fear, according to Pollan.
(a) Moral drama.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Consequence.
(d) Society.

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

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

8. Pollan argues that ______ should be the basis for a new revolution, since it is what sustains and helps define culture.
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Farms.

9. Pollan admits that losing ________ does force the human to lose a part of his or her culture as well as his or her nature.
(a) Corn.
(b) Meat.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Grains.

10. What was the primary emotion that Pollan feels when he shoots and kills his first boar?
(a) Shame.
(b) Anger.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Happiness.

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

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

13. 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) Shame.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Terror.
(d) Anger.

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

15. What does Pollan do with Garro, even though he has to turn away from disgust at one point?
(a) Eviscerate the boar.
(b) Clean his gun.
(c) Paint his face.
(d) Eat a piece of flesh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Assuming a higher intelligence in humans does not equate to a right to use others for our own _________.

3. _________ changed the way that humans ate, and put humans at the top of the food chain.

4. Buying local foods grown in a __________ manner underwrites a set of values important to the people.

5. What is the number of the steer that Pollan has picked out for his meal?

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