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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Carl's Jr. moves to Colorado Springs, it co-brands its outlets with which company?
(a) Texaco.
(b) Wal-mart.
(c) Target.
(d) Shell.

2. Where does Simplot open a phosphate mine?
(a) Blackfoot.
(b) South Boise.
(c) The Fort Hill Indian Reservation.
(d) The Kickapoo Indian Reservation.

3. Which packing house owner is one of the two people from Colorado to be put on President Nixon's enemy list?
(a) Nathan Meeker.
(b) Ken Monfort.
(c) Horace Greeley.
(d) Mike Harper.

4. In the Ray A. Kroc museum, what appears when certain buttons are pushed?
(a) Sock puppets.
(b) Dioramas.
(c) Money.
(d) Hamburger coupons.

5. How did Hank die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Trampled by one of his herds.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Assassination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the knee high rubber boots that the author puts on before entering the meatpacking plant?

2. During the communist rule of East Germany, the successful manufacturing of what product causes high pollution in the city?

3. How is the metropolis of Los Angeles characterized?

4. What does KIGY stand for?

5. McDonald's has to get rid of its mascot, Speedee, because which company has a mascot with the similar name, Speedy?

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