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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Words/Meaning" – "Hiding/Seeking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would the author's grandmother not eat the meat that was brought to her by the farmer at the end of the war?
(a) It was rotten.
(b) She did not eat meat.
(c) She did not trust him.
(d) It was not kosher.

2. What was the immediate impetus that led the author to write Eating Animals?
(a) His promotion to health director.
(b) Becoming a father.
(c) His father's death.
(d) His second marriage.

3. The author claims that upwards of what percentage of all animals eaten in the U.S. come from factory farms?
(a) 85%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 65%.

4. About how many animals are housed at the Berlin zoo today?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 12,000.

5. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Nine.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from the text refers to the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe?

3. What were the author's grandmother's first words upon seeing his son?

4. When was Farm Sanctuary founded?

5. When did the Berlin zoo open?

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