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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The local food movement doesn't have to combat ___________; it simply offers an alternative, according to Pollan.

2. What does Pollan not have ready when he is about to take down a boar, causing him to feel ashamed?

3. Supporting farms help animals to have safer lives than they might have in the ________, according to Pollan.

4. What is the number of the steer that Pollan has picked out for his meal?

5. The family _______, one of the remaining parts of America's food culture, is in decline, according to Pollan.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Salatin disagree with the argument that organic food costs too much?

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

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

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

8. What does Salatin suggest stores should do with their food which might make consumers shop differently?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Salatin's farming methods focus on efficiency and building up a system that helps maintain itself.

Part 1: How do you think industrial farms lack efficiency?

Part 2: Why do you think natural farming methods are more efficient?

Part 3: Do you think every farmer can be more efficient?

Essay Topic 2

The food industry, according to Pollan, relies on two imperfect natural systems - the farm and the human.

Part 1: What do you think might create a more perfect system for farming?

Part 2: Is it even possible to have a perfect system for farming?

Part 3: Do you think the farms or the humans are more to blame for the troubles in the food chain right now?

Essay Topic 3

The prices of organic and sustainably grown foods is higher than regular foods.

Part 1: Do you mind paying higher prices for better food?

Part 2: Why do you think organic and sustainably grown foods have to cost more?

Part 3: Do you think higher food prices keep some people away from these types of foods?

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