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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. Salatin's ______ invented many of the methods of farming that are used on the farm today.
(a) Aunt.
(b) Brother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

2. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?
(a) Nails.
(b) Hair.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Flesh.

3. Where do all of the parts of the corn end up in as a result of the new process to separate its parts?
(a) Bottled water.
(b) Processed foods.
(c) Breads.
(d) Egg sandwiches.

4. Synthetic _______, invented by Fritz Haber as a side effect of his work on bombs in Germany, meant that crops could be grown without care about the amount of this substance on the Earth.
(a) Potassium.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Nitrogen.
(d) Phosphorus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Salatin's is an _________ farm, dedicated to the old agrarian ideas of how things should be grown.

2. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.

3. How many generations have been at the Salatin farm, all committed to alternative farming?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Salatin farm as Pollan views it in the book from his experiences visiting there.

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

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

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

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

7. What happens during the wet mill process of processing corn?

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

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

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

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