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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from the book refers to someone who attempts to convert or recruit someone?
(a) Arsonists.
(b) Antagonists.
(c) Proselytizers.
(d) Aggrandizers.

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

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

5. Why would the author's grandmother not eat the meat that was brought to her by the farmer at the end of the war?
(a) It was rotten.
(b) It was not kosher.
(c) She did not eat meat.
(d) She did not trust him.

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

7. What beverage did the author's grandmother often push him to drink?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) Coke.
(c) Milk.
(d) Water.

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

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

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

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

12. 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 whether the labor was easy.
(c) She asked how much he weighed.
(d) She asked what his length was.

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

14. By what title does the author refer to his grandmother?
(a) The Greatest Grandma Ever.
(b) The Savior of the Kitchen.
(c) The Woman in the Chef's Hat.
(d) The Greatest Chef Who Ever Lived.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many chickens does the author claim KFC purchases every year?

2. What does the author call the bread of his people's affliction?

3. What does PETA stand for?

4. How many more times in volume of greenhouse gases do omnivores contribute than vegans?

5. What did the author's grandmother's family have every Friday to eat?

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