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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. Pollan admits that losing ________ does force the human to lose a part of his or her culture as well as his or her nature.
(a) Meat.
(b) Grains.
(c) Corn.
(d) Vegetables.

2. Local _______ love Polyface because their products are exceptionally tasty and have more full flavor.
(a) Nursing homes.
(b) Chefs.
(c) Grocers.
(d) Teachers.

3. What does Pollan admit he liked more than he had anticipated liking?
(a) Writing the book.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Gathering mushrooms.
(d) Cooking.

4. Pollan notes that one of the lessons of hunting for food is _________, and of the relationships between man and food.
(a) Peace.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Power.
(d) Understanding.

5. Pollan believes that the hunter and gatherer food chain is the most ___________.
(a) Unrealistic.
(b) Inopportune.
(c) Inconvenient.
(d) Truthful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan sees some mushrooms which he believes to be ___________, though he is not sure enough to eat them.

2. What was the primary emotion that Pollan feels when he shoots and kills his first boar?

3. Pollan thinks that if stores had to include __________ of how an item was produced, people would change their eating habits.

4. Humans, when faced with a new _______, often take a small amount and wait for the results.

5. There are parts of the world, Pollan points out, where the only use of the land is for _______, otherwise it would be useless.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pollan think that the hunter-gatherer food chain is not a realistic choice?

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

3. Why is there a national eating disorder, according to Pollan's findings?

4. What does Pollan suggest that our intelligence allows a person to do that an animal cannot?

5. What does Garro bring to the meal that Pollan has already asked him to bring?

6. What is in the meal that Pollan makes at the end of this section, which he describes as being phenomenal?

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

8. Why is Pollan disgusted by the picture of him with a pig that he hunted?

9. What does Pollan believe that CAFO does not take into consideration when processing meat?

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

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