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

2. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.
(a) Baking soda.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Salt.

3. Salatin points out that being ________ doesn't necessarily mean that a farm is also going to be sustainable.
(a) Gathering.
(b) Natural.
(c) Organic.
(d) Industrial.

4. As the food companies produced more corn, they create more _________ as it is cheaper than sugar.
(a) Artificial sweeteners.
(b) High fructose corn syrup.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Corn oil.

5. The invention of synthetic materials also meant that _________ would become necessary to fix the nitrogen.
(a) Wind.
(b) Solar power.
(c) Fossil fuels.
(d) Organics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Salatin's ______ invented many of the methods of farming that are used on the farm today.

2. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?

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

4. Pollan isn't surprised that the ________ doesn't encourage Salatin's farming since he buys almost nothing to support it.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is another impact of the push for corn in farming, related to another type of industrialized food supply?

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

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