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

2. Where was the farmer from that brought the author's grandmother food as she was starving at the end of the war?
(a) Russia.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Germany.

3. What prominent animal physiologist discovered the lateralization of avian brains?
(a) Dr. Keith Thomas.
(b) Dr. Lesley Rogers.
(c) Dr. Frank Reese.
(d) Dr. Stanley Curtis.

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

5. About how many species of animals are housed at the Berlin zoo?
(a) 700.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 350.
(d) 1,400.

6. What word does the author define as the valuing of emotions over reality?
(a) Trepidity.
(b) Articulation.
(c) Sentimentality.
(d) Incongruity.

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

8. In how many U.S. states is it legal to eat dog?
(a) 32.
(b) 44.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

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

10. The author asserts that in his family's tradition, food serves two purposes. It nourishes and it does what?
(a) Gives you groundedness.
(b) Soothes weary spirits.
(c) It helps you remember.
(d) Calms the soul.

11. In what states does the author's activist friend "C" say shew grew up?
(a) New York and California.
(b) Arkansas and Louisiana.
(c) Iowa and Idaho.
(d) Wisconsin and Texas.

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

13. What ancient Greek physician praised dog meat as a source of strength?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Hippocrates.

14. When was Farm Sanctuary founded?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1973.

15. When was the polar bear Knut born?
(a) September 3, 2003.
(b) July 7, 2007.
(c) March 12, 1999.
(d) December 5, 2006.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of meat did the farmer bring to the author's grandmother when she was starving at the end of the war?

4. Shrimp trawling accounts for what percentage of global bycatch?

5. What did the author change his college major to in his sophomore year?

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