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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of bread does the author recall eating at his grandmother's house every weekend as a child?
(a) Pita.
(b) Challah.
(c) Dutch Crunch.
(d) Pumpernickel.

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

3. Approximately how many chickens does Tyson Foods slaughter each year?
(a) 1.6 billion.
(b) 6.3 billion.
(c) 2.2 billion.
(d) 1.2 billion.

4. The author claims in "George" that no one ever had a plush toy shaped like what?
(a) A boy.
(b) A tree.
(c) A house.
(d) A rock.

5. What animal scientist evaluated the cognitive abilities of pigs by training them to play a video game?
(a) Dr. Keith Thomas.
(b) Dr. Lesley Rogers.
(c) Dr. Stanley Curtis.
(d) Dr. Frank Reese.

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

7. Who is the author of Man and the Natural World?
(a) Sir Keith Thomas.
(b) Andrew Stevenson.
(c) William Ross Warren.
(d) Sir Charles Andrews.

8. What did the author's activist friend "C" do when they discovered a crippled and dying turkey chick in the farm they stole into at night?
(a) She gave it antibiotics.
(b) She gave it grain.
(c) She put it in her backpack.
(d) She slit its neck.

9. Where is Farm Sanctuary located?
(a) Anderson Ridge, North Carolina.
(b) Wilson, Nebraska.
(c) Thomasville, California.
(d) Watking Glan, New York.

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

11. Whom does the author claim said that quitting smoking is among the easiest things one can do?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Tom Robbins.

12. What did the author's grandmother describe filling her pants with when she was young during the war?
(a) Peas.
(b) Turnips.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Carrots.

13. What dog breed was the principal food species of the Aztecs?
(a) Mexican Hairless.
(b) Brazilian Terrier.
(c) Doberman.
(d) Chihuahua.

14. What is the approximate annual budget of Farm Sanctuary?
(a) $6 million.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $4 million.
(d) $10 million.

15. On what day of the week does the author claim he became a dog person?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage did the author's grandmother often push him to drink?

2. About how many animals are housed at the Berlin zoo today?

3. To what topic does the author compare that of eating animals in "Eating Animals"?

4. In how many U.S. states is it legal to eat dog?

5. How many animals at the Berlin zoo survived the Allied air raids in 1942?

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