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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. What question did the author's grandmother ask him when he called to tell her his son had been born?
(a) She asked if he had hair.
(b) She asked what his length was.
(c) She asked how much he weighed.
(d) She asked whether the labor was easy.

2. At about what weight are farmed pigs usually slaughtered?
(a) 400 pounds.
(b) 175 pounds.
(c) 350 pounds.
(d) 250 pounds.

3. What were the author's grandmother's first words upon seeing his son?
(a) "My child."
(b) "My love."
(c) "My revenge."
(d) "Praise God."

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

5. What British naturalist wrote of a pig who could open gates in 1789?
(a) Gilbert White.
(b) Gene Gaur.
(c) Frank Reese.
(d) Sir Keith Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author first crept onto a farm in the middle of the night, he carried with him a copy of what California penal code?

2. The author claims that upwards of what percentage of all animals eaten in the U.S. come from factory farms?

3. On what day of the week does the author claim he became a dog person?

4. How many journalists came to Knut's public debut?

5. How long did the sheep live that the founder of Farm Sanctuary saved from a downer pile at the Lancaster stockyard?

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