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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in the opening of the book that Americans choose to eat less than what percentage of known edible food on the planet?

2. What does PETA stand for?

3. What word does the author define as the valuing of emotions over reality?

4. What did the author's grandmother's family have every Friday to eat?

5. At about what weight are farmed pigs usually slaughtered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author define "free-range"?

2. What irony does the author point out in "A Case for Eating Dogs"?

3. What is bycatch and what are the environmental ramifications of bycatch?

4. What is the significance of the 60 pounds of flour in the author's grandmother's basement?

5. How does the author describe the typical cage for egg-laying hens in "Battery Cage"?

6. How does the author define animals in "Animal"?

7. Why does the author cite Franz Kafka in "Shame"?

8. What are broiler chickens and why does the author assert they are lucky in comparison to laying hens?

9. What does Foer point out about the fishing industry in "Friends and Enemies"?

10. What aspect of fellowship does the author challenge as offered by Michael Pollan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the obstacles faced by family farms today. What are some examples from the text of conflicts that have arisen with those operating humane farms? What are the economic difficulties? What are the supply/demand difficulties?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the author's experience stealing into industrial farms with C in the narrative. How did the author and C enter the farms? What did they discover inside? How did these experiences affect the author?

Essay Topic 3

How much of the meat eaten by Americans comes from factory farms? What are the highest-selling meats sold in the U.S.? How does this compare to the amount of family-farmed meat consumed in the U.S.?

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