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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the threads of the worldwide food chain that humans fit into?
(a) The hunter-gatherer chain.
(b) The dairy market.
(c) The organic chain.
(d) The industrial chain.

2. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.
(a) Oil wells.
(b) Food supplies.
(c) Energy.
(d) Pollution.

3. Many of the products at the health store where Pollan shops contain foods from the _________ food chain.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Local farmer.
(c) Grass.
(d) Organic.

4. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.
(a) Drought.
(b) Pesticides.
(c) Weather.
(d) Hybridization.

5. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?
(a) Pesticides.
(b) GMOs.
(c) Water.
(d) Fertilizers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the once trash strewn park that was turned into a community garden?

2. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?

3. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?

4. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.

5. In many CAFOs, the _______ of pigs are cut off in response to the aggressive behavior they have in those conditions.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the cows that produce organic milk for places like Whole Foods, according to Pollan?

2. What does Pollan point out as being the ingredients that are in a common breakfast cereal?

3. What does Pollan note as being a problem with organic foods being labeled as organic, as shown in the example of the lettuce?

4. What are three of the benefits to grass farming, as outlined by Pollan?

5. What does a person need to know in order to succeed with grass farming?

6. What does the lack of a good culture in America cause among people?

7. What are the environmental results of the industrial method of farming, as Pollan finds out?

8. Why is high fructose corn syrup used in sodas today instead of regular sugar?

9. What does the Salatin farm not need to use because it practices other methods of pest control and fertilization?

10. Why do humans have the problem of the omnivore's dilemma, according to Pollan?

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