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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author change his college major to in his sophomore year?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

2. What percentage of American households have at least one pet?
(a) 24%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 67%.
(d) 63%.

3. Who founded Farm Sanctuary?
(a) Bill and Nicolette Niman.
(b) Gene Gaur and Lorri Houson.
(c) Frank Reese.
(d) Keith Thomas.

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

5. Through what war did the author's grandmother barely survive?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietnam War.

6. To what topic does the author compare that of eating animals in "Eating Animals"?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Music.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

7. How much flower does the author describe finding in the basement of his 90-year-old grandmother's home?
(a) 60 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

8. What one recipe does the author describe his grandmother making when he grew up?
(a) Chicken and carrots.
(b) Lemon custard pie.
(c) Rice pudding.
(d) Roast beef with potatoes.

9. 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?
(a) California penal code 597e.
(b) California penal code 359b.
(c) California penal code 812a.
(d) California penal code 212c.

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

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

12. How long did the sheep live that the founder of Farm Sanctuary saved from a downer pile at the Lancaster stockyard?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 10 years.

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

14. How large is the Farm Sanctuary extension that was founded in northern California?
(a) 300 acres.
(b) 100 acres.
(c) 200 acres.
(d) 50 acres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what states does the author's activist friend "C" say shew grew up?

2. Shrimp account for what percentage of global seafood by weight?

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

4. What British naturalist wrote of a pig who could open gates in 1789?

5. What ancient Greek physician praised dog meat as a source of strength?

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