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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. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.
(a) Metals.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Rules.
(d) Chemicals.

2. What does the farmer use to cover the chicken waste in the compost pile?
(a) Apples.
(b) Manure.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Soil.

3. Wallerstein originally worked for a _______ where he learned he could entice people to buy more with larger sizes.
(a) University.
(b) Movie theater.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Library.

4. What is the process by which corn is changed into different parts?
(a) Dry mill.
(b) Wet mill.
(c) Dry dock.
(d) Wet substrate.

5. The grass also gets a chance to ________ when the cattle is moved around.
(a) Recover.
(b) Grow.
(c) Die.
(d) Move.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan argues that Salatin's method of farming is far more efficient in terms of _________ to produce calories.

2. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.

3. Though the process of _________, animals can be fed, which then leads to the feeding of humans, too.

4. Pollan learns that most organic _______ comes from factory farms, even though they seem to be "better."

5. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three different parts of the food chain that Pollan follows in this book?

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

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

4. What is the history of Polyface Farm, according to the book?

5. What was the role of Earl Butz in the corn industry, according to the book?

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

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

8. What are some of the other creatures and ingredients that are a part of the picture of the natural cow eating the natural grass?

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

10. What happened as a result of corn having mutated early on in its use?

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