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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 need to prepare for that allows him to become more aware of his natural surroundings?
(a) First meal.
(b) Hunting license.
(c) Final meal.
(d) His book's deadline.

2. Pollan begins to understand that eating the meat is the final act of the __________.
(a) Hunt.
(b) Book.
(c) Meal.
(d) Journey.

3. Pollan wants to say ________ to the animals for the meal, but realizes this is already in the meal.
(a) Grace.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Thanks.

4. Who has helped Bev out by giving him a lot of produce to get by?
(a) Naylor.
(b) Pollan.
(c) Salatin.
(d) No one.

5. How many ways can a person obtain the foods from Salatin's farm?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Peter's Singer's book that informs the beginning of this chapter?

2. Pollan points out that humans are happy to eat what _________ eat, as this communicates the safety of food.

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

4. Both food that is prepared and harvested as well as that from a store should be a part of an occasional _______ meal.

5. Overcoming human senses had sometimes been vital, as in the case of bitter ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ortega y Gasset have to say about the idea of hunting?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Bev having troubles getting his eggs into stores and into the market?

8. What is the reason why Garro hunts for the food in the woods?

9. What does Pollan point out as being a failing of the industrialized food chain?

10. Where can Pollan buy some of the Salatin farm's produce?

(see the answer keys)

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