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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Humans, when faced with a new _______, often take a small amount and wait for the results.
(a) Food.
(b) Person.
(c) Book.
(d) Decision.

3. Pollan equates the feeling of everything coming into focused while also being completely relaxed to being ________.
(a) Asleep.
(b) On a long run.
(c) With friends.
(d) Stoned.

4. Industrial communities sell __________, while the artisinal sells a special product.
(a) Manpower.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Commodities.
(d) Resources.

5. 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) Grains.
(d) Vegetables.

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

7. What does Pollan admit he liked more than he had anticipated liking?
(a) Gathering mushrooms.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Writing the book.

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

9. Pollan notes that the fact that humans have the _______ to question eating animals makes them different.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Concern.
(c) Audacity.
(d) Time.

10. Pollan wants to create a meal in full ________ of the foods involved and how they came to be on his table.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Truth.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Transparency.

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

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

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

14. The meal also brings ________ to the table, which is another way of saying thanks to the animals.
(a) Reserve.
(b) Honor.
(c) Culture.
(d) Grace.

15. Overcoming human senses had sometimes been vital, as in the case of bitter ______________.
(a) Spices.
(b) Meats.
(c) Medicinal plants.
(d) Teas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Garro chops up the meat from the pig Pollan made, and they make a __________ for lunch.

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

4. A new economy, based on a new way of __________, demands a new kind of eating where people enjoy preparing meals.

5. What do Pollan and Garro decide to go out to hunt at the start of the chapter?

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