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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.
(a) Packaging.
(b) Value.
(c) Prices.
(d) Sugars.

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

3. Pollan has never ________ before he begins the new opportunity to learn about food chains.
(a) Stolen.
(b) Hunted.
(c) Baked.
(d) Cooked.

4. Salatin doesn't follow the USDA guidelines by processing his _________ in an open air building without any walls.
(a) Eggs.
(b) Fruits.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Chickens.

5. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?
(a) Skin.
(b) Endosperm.
(c) Germ.
(d) Stalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.

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

3. The increased ______ of corn has meant a drop in crop space for other plants, according to Naylor.

4. The push for corn has also led to the industrialization of _______ farms, according to Naylor.

5. Salatin disagrees with the idea that organic food is ___________.

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