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

2. What does Pollan decide that he wants to gather from a local pond, though he ends up not using it?
(a) Salt.
(b) Algae.
(c) Mushroom.
(d) Seaweed.

3. What is the herbal tea that Pollan makes to help finish off the meal he has made?
(a) Chamomile.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Mint.
(d) Fig.

4. Garro brings a ________ from the boar that Pollan killed on his hunting trip.
(a) Pate.
(b) Pulled pork sandwich.
(c) Porkchop.
(d) Sausage.

5. As ________ has become popular, animal rights activists have been highlighting the unethical treatment of animals.
(a) Flexitarianism.
(b) Vegetarianism.
(c) Inclusion.
(d) Meat eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan and the guests at the dinner achieve the pleasures of the ________, a camaraderie during the meal.

2. Pollan equates the feeling of everything coming into focused while also being completely relaxed to being ________.

3. A new economy, based on a new way of __________, demands a new kind of eating where people enjoy preparing meals.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do omnivores do when they are faced with a new food?

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