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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 the book that is considered to be the organic grower's bible?
(a) Growing with Dirt.
(b) A New View.
(c) An Agricultural Testament.
(d) Growing in the Dirt.

2. Pollan points out during the book that omnivores face a __________ when they eat today.
(a) Dilemma.
(b) Overabundance.
(c) Truth.
(d) Problem.

3. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.
(a) Spread.
(b) Growing.
(c) Pollinated.
(d) Fertilized.

4. Where does Pollan find himself first questioning what the food on the market is made of?
(a) Supermarket.
(b) Camp.
(c) Farm.
(d) Forest.

5. The manure of the _______ is spread on all of the pastures without fouling the pasture with too many droppings.
(a) Horse.
(b) Goat.
(c) Cow.
(d) Pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. The grass also gets a chance to ________ when the cattle is moved around.

2. Where does Pollan take his family at the end of this section of the book?

3. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?

4. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.

5. How many acres of woodland help Salatin continue to live outside the modern world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Pollan feel about the meal that he had that was made from all organic foods?

4. What are some of the compounds that are derived from the various parts of the corn kernel?

5. What is corn starch broken down into after it has been processed in the wet milling process?

6. What indicates a higher ratio of corn being eaten in a human's diet?

7. Why does most of the corn planting farming rely on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO)?

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

9. What is the main idea behind the process of grass farming?

10. What does Naylor admit that he and most other growers grow in their corn fields?

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