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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the author living when he and his wife came upon George?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Detroit.

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

3. What tactics are used to ensure that farmed chickens produce eggs year-round?
(a) Castration and de-budding.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Food and light deprivation.
(d) De-budding and light deprivation.

4. What word from the text refers to the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe?
(a) Anthropocentrism.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Anthropodeism.
(d) Anthropomonism.

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

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

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

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

9. Shrimp trawling accounts for what percentage of global bycatch?
(a) 15%.
(b) 33%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 12%.

10. What does CAFO represent?
(a) Common Animal Field Operation.
(b) Conductive Animal Farming Operations.
(c) Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation.
(d) Common Agricultural Farming Operation.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal scientist evaluated the cognitive abilities of pigs by training them to play a video game?

2. Where is the kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors located?

3. According to the UN, the livestock sector is responsible for what percent of greenhouse gas emissions?

4. On what day did the author's grandmother's family bake bread each week?

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

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