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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. Since they don't have to worry about nitrogen, farmers no longer have to ________ their crops to ensure soil fertility.
(a) Rotate.
(b) Weed.
(c) Plant.
(d) Salt.

2. What is the name of the farm that Salatin runs?
(a) Polyface.
(b) Polyjuice.
(c) Polyfarm.
(d) Polyanna.

3. Pollan looks over the land and it makes him think of _________, which is something marketers now try to sell.
(a) Postcard.
(b) Pastoral.
(c) Family.
(d) Ancient.

4. What does Pollan begin helping Salatin do when this chapter begins?
(a) Add fertilizer.
(b) Weed the land.
(c) Make hay.
(d) Milk a cow.

5. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Breakfast cereal.
(c) Quiche.
(d) Cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.

2. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.

3. Salatin doesn't follow the USDA guidelines by processing his _________ in an open air building without any walls.

4. What does the farmer use to cover the chicken waste in the compost pile?

5. Corn became a _________ because of its many applications for use by the settlers.

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 is the start of any of the foods in the food chain, which came as a surprise to him?

3. Why are the chicken pens slowly moved around the pasture during the day?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the hybrid corn that is described in this section of the book?

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

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

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