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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bev deal in that is causing him a lot of financial problems?
(a) Kale.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Cows.
(d) Cheese.

2. Pollan begins to understand that eating the meat is the final act of the __________.
(a) Hunt.
(b) Journey.
(c) Meal.
(d) Book.

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

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

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

6. 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) Terror.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Anger.

7. 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) Meat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Grains.
(d) Vegetables.

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

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

10. Gasset points out to Pollan that he believes _________ returned humans back to nature, and Pollan agrees.
(a) The econony.
(b) The organic farmers.
(c) The New Age movement.
(d) Hunting.

11. _________ changed the way that humans ate, and put humans at the top of the food chain.
(a) Stores.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Gathering.

12. Garro brings a ________ from the boar that Pollan killed on his hunting trip.
(a) Pulled pork sandwich.
(b) Porkchop.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Pate.

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

14. What is Pollan eating when he attempts to read Peter Singer's book?
(a) Fish.
(b) Steak.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) A salad.

15. Singer argues that a lifetime of __________ for an animal does not justify the pleasure of a man's taste buds.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Revelation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan makes __________ toasts from the produce in his garden and bread that uses yeast he has gathered.

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

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

4. Pollan believes that the hunter and gatherer food chain is the most ___________.

5. Pollan notes it is ironic that in order to make a delicious meal, one must destroy a _______ first.

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