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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. Who was the newly elected governor of Nebraska told by Mike Harper that his company needed more tax breaks or it would pick up shop and leave the state?

2. The sections of beef known as chucks, loins, ribs, and rounds are known as _______.

3. What type of animal is a cow in that it eats primarily grass, and maybe grain, with multiple stomachs?

4. Who kills Nathan Meeker in a dispute in 1879?

5. Which kind of grass-fed, lower fat beef considered a gourmet item and may be less likely to spread E. coli?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are most jobs performed in the beef industry and how is it different than the poultry industry?

2. What does one of Dale Lasater's grandfather's do to fight against the Beef Trust?

3. How does World War I destroy the culture of Plauen, Germany?

4. What new production method developed by IBP causes skilled, unionized supermarket butchers to be fired?

5. What percentage of the American population suffers a bout of food poisoning each year?

6. What are the main reasons that most migrant workers look for meatpacking jobs in America?

7. Why is the impact of fast food readily apparent in Germany?

8. How does In-N-Out Burger do business differently than other restaurants?

9. What is the scariest job performed by the late-night cleaning crew and why?

10. Why is grain-fed beef preferable to grass-fed beef?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who benefits from "conservation easements"? Why? What type of rancher faces the most economic difficulty in light of population growth and larger companies having captive supplies? Why? What other advantages do large companies have over smaller ranchers?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the affects that the influx of migrant workers has on communities where the meatpacking industry exists. What attracts people from south of the border to want to work America? How are the companies at fault for the negative impact on the local health care systems? What promises have GFI America make to workers from Eagle Pass, Texas that had a negative impact on the economy?

Essay Topic 3

How do fast food companies market products to children? In what ways do companies maximize their products' exposure to kids once they become interested? What are some of the categories of "juvenile nagging tactics"? How are parents marketed to to maximize the child market?

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