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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does CFE stand for?
(a) Common Farming Entities.
(b) Concentrated Field Expert.
(c) Common Farming Exemptions.
(d) Concentrated Farming Entities.

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

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

6. Where is the kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors located?
(a) Hart, Idaho.
(b) Evansville, Indiana.
(c) Coleman, Nebraska.
(d) Postville, Iowa.

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

8. How many animals at the Berlin zoo survived the Allied air raids in 1942?
(a) 121.
(b) 541.
(c) 91.
(d) 65.

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

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

11. The author states in the opening of the book that Americans choose to eat less than what percentage of known edible food on the planet?
(a) 1%.
(b) 25%.
(c) .25%.
(d) 75%.

12. 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 not kosher.
(b) She did not trust him.
(c) She did not eat meat.
(d) It was rotten.

13. 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) Ireland.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Germany.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What dog breed was the principal food species of the Aztecs?

3. About how many species of animals are housed at the Berlin zoo?

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

5. What was the immediate impetus that led the author to write Eating Animals?

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