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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 name of the person who began to take away the programs to help the farmers?
(a) Ed Burrow.
(b) Earl Butz.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

2. Salatin is a strong believer in farming in line with one's ___________, as seen in a phone call with Pollan.
(a) World view.
(b) Family.
(c) Season cycle.
(d) Horses.

3. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.
(a) 25.
(b) 29.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

4. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Mutated.
(b) Grew.
(c) Died.
(d) Reproduced.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The idea behind grass farming is that the ________ is the most natural and renewable source of energy.

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

3. What is the name of the farm that Salatin runs?

4. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?

5. As a result of the new government agreement, the market is flooded with _______ corn.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Pollan point out as a downside of there being more organic farms around today?

8. What are the reasons why Pollan calls farms and humans imperfect natural systems?

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

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

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