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/          QUESTIONS:
/1.  CUTHBERTSON DID HIS "CARROT JOB" BECAUSE
/(A) HE HAD A SPECIAL INTEREST IN EXPERIMENTING
/    WITH VEGETABLES
/(B) MORSE COMPANY WANTED HIM TO DEVELOP A CARROT THAT
/    HAD A TASTE WHICH MORE PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY
/(C) WALTER NIXON WANTED HIM TO DEVELOP A CARROT THAT
/    COULD BE RAISED IN POOR SOIL
/(D) CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY WANTED CARROTS THAT HAD
/    MORE EYE APPEAL
	D
/2.  THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING CARROTS WITH ORANGE
/    CORES INVOLVED
/(A) COLORING CARROT ROOTS WITH A DYE
/(B) SEARCHING THE WORLD OVER FOR A PATCH OF ORANGE-
/    COLORED CARROTS, THEN PRODUCING SEEDS FROM THEM
/(C) PLUGGING CARROT ROOTS UNTIL A DARKER-THAN-USUAL
/    ONE WAS FOUND, THEN REPLANTING ITS SEEDS
/(D) CALLING UPON HOME GROWERS TO FIND A CARROT WITH
/    "ORANGE BLOOD", THEN REPLANTING ITS SEEDS
	C
/3.  THE PROBLEM WITH THE SNAP BEAN WAS THAT
/(A) IT WAS TOO BIG
/(B) IT WAS TOO SMALL
/(C) IT WAS THE WRONG COLOR
/(D) IT WAS CURVED
	D
/4.  A "BLUE BEAN" IS UNDESIRABLE BECAUSE
/(A) ITS FOOD VALUE IS GOOD, BUT ITS TASTE IS BAD
/(B) ITS APPEARANCE HURTS SALES
/(C) IT IS BASICALLY INEDIBLE
/(D) IT CANNOT BE QUICK-FROZEN
	B
/5.  A SPECIAL CORN WAS NEEDED FOR GROWING IN
/(A) THE NORTHWEST
/(B) THE SOUTHWEST
/(C) THE NORTHEAST
/(D) SCOTLAND
	A
/6.  CUTHBERTSON^S RESTYLING OF ONE VEGETABLE CREATED
/    A NEW APPETITE IN AMERICANS FOR
/(A) STRING BEANS
/(B) BEETS
/(C) SPINACH
/(D) BROCCOLI
	D
/7.  WHEN A GROWER DEVELOPS A NEW VEGETABLE HE
/(A) ALLOWS OTHERS TO PRODUCE IT ON A ROYALTY BASIS
/(B) PATENTS IT
/(C) PROTECTS IT BY A "GENTLEMEN^S" AGREEMENT WITH
/    OTHER COMPANIES
/(D) CAN^T PREVENT COMPETITORS FROM GROWING THE SEED
	D
/8.  AN INDUSTRY THAT CAUSED LIMA BEANS TO BECOME A
/    PROBLEM VEGETABLE WAS
/(A) CANNING BUSINESS
/(B) FROZEN-FOOD BUSINESS
/(C) DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER-MARKETS
/(D) MIXED-VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
	B
/9.  CUTHBERTSON ROSE FROM THE POSITION OF "ROGUING"
/    TO THAT OF
/(A) PRESIDENT
/(B) EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
/(C) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
/(D) SALARIED EMPLOYEE DOING EXPERIMENTAL WORK
	B
/10.  CUTHBERTSON CONTENDS THAT THE NEED FOR MORE
/     IMPROVED VEGETABLES WILL
/(A) GRADUALLY DIMINISH
/(B) NEVER END
/(C) END WHEN ALL VEGETABLES ARE GROWN TO SUIT
/    PACKERS^ SPECIFICATIONS
/(D) DECREASE AS PROCESSING IMPROVES
	B



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