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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. At the beginning of the food chain is ________, which surprised Pollan when he realized this.
(a) Corn.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Cows.
(d) Flour.

2. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.
(a) Fat.
(b) Obesity.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Excess.

3. Where does Pollan take his family at the end of this section of the book?
(a) Taco Bell.
(b) Wendy's.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Burger King.

4. What is the name of the farm that Salatin runs?
(a) Polyjuice.
(b) Polyfarm.
(c) Polyface.
(d) Polyanna.

5. _________ Farm started out as a small farm that sold pre-bagged salad mix, according to the book.
(a) Earthville.
(b) Waterworks.
(c) Earthbound.
(d) Greenworks.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.

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

3. Though the process of _________, animals can be fed, which then leads to the feeding of humans, too.

4. What is NOT one of the parts of corn that is separated out in the newly used process?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of Polyface Farm, according to the book?

2. What is corn starch broken down into after it has been processed in the wet milling process?

3. What does Pollan note as being a problem with organic foods being labeled as organic, as shown in the example of the lettuce?

4. What happens during the wet mill process of processing corn?

5. What does Naylor admit that he and most other growers grow in their corn fields?

6. What are the environmental results of the industrial method of farming, as Pollan finds out?

7. What is the hybrid corn that is described in this section of the book?

8. What happened as a result of corn having mutated early on in its use?

9. What are three of the benefits to grass farming, as outlined by Pollan?

10. What are the three different parts of the food chain that Pollan follows in this book?

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