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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. Garro offers to help Pollan go out to look for __________ with others.
(a) White mushrooms.
(b) Abalones.
(c) Morels.
(d) Chanterelles.

2. Singer argues that a lifetime of __________ for an animal does not justify the pleasure of a man's taste buds.
(a) Suffering.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Revelation.

3. What is the name of Peter's Singer's book that informs the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Animal Liberation.
(b) Animals are All Right.
(c) Animal Rights.
(d) Animal Persecution.

4. Pollan doesn't feel the same about the picture a few months later and wonders which emotion is more accurate - the happiness or the ________.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Terror.
(c) Shame.
(d) Anger.

5. Activists appear to look at the __________ animal, which is not applicable to the natural world.
(a) Species of an.
(b) Individual.
(c) Distinct.
(d) Relationship of an.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan begins to understand that eating the meat is the final act of the __________.

2. Pollan makes __________ toasts from the produce in his garden and bread that uses yeast he has gathered.

3. Pollan believes that the hunter and gatherer food chain is the most ___________.

4. Some believe that human ________ is different from that of animals because humans are capable of suffering.

5. Buying local foods grown in a __________ manner underwrites a set of values important to the people.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pollan attempt to do as he is reading the book "Animal Liberation"?

2. What is the irony that Pollan sees when he is looking over the delicious meal?

3. What are the eating patterns in many American households today?

4. Why do humans seem to eat what other humans eat, according to Pollan?

5. How does Pollan change his eating habits after reading "Animal Liberation"?

6. What are some of the ways in which humans have learned to overcome the plant's defenses?

7. What is the other part of the meal that Pollan has to abandon as a part of his plan?

8. What does Pollan begin to realize as he is preparing for his hunter's license?

9. What are some of the downsides for shopping for local, sustainably grown foods?

10. What does Pollan begin to experience after a day of hunting for a wild boar?

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