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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.
(a) Drought.
(b) Hybridization.
(c) Pesticides.
(d) Weather.

2. What is the name of the development lab that Pollan visits in order to learn more about corn?
(a) Monsanto.
(b) Ralston Purina.
(c) General Mills.
(d) Birds Eye.

3. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.
(a) Vermouth.
(b) Rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

4. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Died.
(b) Mutated.
(c) Grew.
(d) Reproduced.

5. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.
(a) Perfect.
(b) Imperfect.
(c) Malleable.
(d) Complicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?

2. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?

3. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.

4. Corn takes in more carbon _______ during the process of photosynthesis than other plants.

5. Corn is also able to limit the ______ lost during the process of photosynthesis, according to the book.

(see the answer key)

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