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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Storytelling".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author first crept onto a farm in the middle of the night, he carried with him a copy of what California penal code?
(a) California penal code 597e.
(b) California penal code 212c.
(c) California penal code 812a.
(d) California penal code 359b.

2. Where does the author say he plans on spending his next Thanksgiving in the last chapter?
(a) At his parents' home.
(b) At his home.
(c) At his aunt's home.
(d) At his grandmother's home.

3. What word from the text means of the nature of being a model?
(a) Antagonistic.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Paradigmatic.

4. Where did the word "influenza" originate?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

5. About how long do broiler chickens live before they are typically slaughtered?
(a) 76-78 days.
(b) 24-26 days.
(c) 39-42 days.
(d) 60-62 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say recently happened to Bill Niman just before the publication of this book?

2. What does the NDC stand for?

3. Why would the author's grandmother not eat the meat that was brought to her by the farmer at the end of the war?

4. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year in the U.S.?

5. What is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?

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