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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. Where was the farmer from that brought the author's grandmother food as she was starving at the end of the war?

2. Who founded Farm Sanctuary?

3. The author claims in "George" that no one ever had a plush toy shaped like what?

4. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?

5. Approximately how many chickens does Tyson Foods slaughter each year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is meant by "factory farming"?

3. Discuss the author's story of his grandmother's encounter with a Russian farmer. What does this story demonstrate?

4. How do our food choices contribute to environmental degradation and global warming, according to the author in "Words/Meaning"?

5. What is Farm Sanctuary and what is its mission?

6. What does CFE refer to? Why does the author criticize it?

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

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

9. How does the author describe his experience at the Berlin zoo in "Shame"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the connections between avian influenza and the human flu. When and where did the human flu first originate? What has led to the pandemics that the author discusses in the book? What does he foresee in our future regarding pandemics? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Niman Ranch and Bill and Nicolette Niman. What is the mission of Niman Ranch? When was it established? Where was it established? How has the company grown and changed since its origination?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's relationship with his grandmother and the influences that his grandmother had on him. How did her perseverance during the war inspire the author? What was her relationship to food? How is the story about the Russian farmer relevant to the themes of the book?

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