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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of agriculture do Bill and Nicolette Niman supoprt?
(a) Extensive agriculture
(b) Factory farming.
(c) Pasture-based agriculture.
(d) Arable agriculture.

2. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
(a) Gilbert White.
(b) R. K. Pachauri.
(c) Dr. Aaron Gross.
(d) Mario Fantasma.

3. What company did Diane and Marlene Halverson found?
(a) PETA.
(b) Farm and Feast.
(c) Halverson Projects.
(d) Niman Ranch.

4. Where did the word "influenza" originate?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

5. At approximately what age are cattle commonly now slaughtered for meat?
(a) 8-10 years.
(b) 3-4 years.
(c) 12-14 years.
(d) 12-14 months.

6. Who is the PETA member whose transcript refutes the ideas of Nicolette Niman in the text?
(a) Mario Fantasma.
(b) Bruce Friedrich.
(c) R. K. Pachauri.
(d) Dr. Aaron Gross.

7. What is America's hog-factory-rich state?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Ohio.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) South Dakota.

8. The author claims that Bill, Paul, Nicolette, and Frank are the kind of people that the president should consult when selecting what?
(a) A secretary of justice.
(b) A secretary of agriculture.
(c) A secretary of ethics.
(d) A secretary of state.

9. What happened to the slaughterhouse that Frank Reese was using to slaughter his poultry?
(a) It was burned down.
(b) It was closed after a jury ruling.
(c) It was bought out and shut down.
(d) It relocated to another state.

10. What was the source of the 1918 flu pandemic?
(a) Avian influenza.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Swine influenza.
(d) Ecoli.

11. When did Johan Hultin arrive in Brevig Mission?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1982.

12. From where did Bill Niman's father immigrate to America?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

13. What livestock industry is, according to the author, by far the most ethically impressive segment of the meat industry?
(a) The beef industry.
(b) The poultry industry.
(c) The pork industry.
(d) The egg industry.

14. What is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart Disease.
(d) Automobile accidents.

15. What does Nicolette Niman say is the one thing their ranch does that she is uncomfortable with?
(a) Administering antibiotics.
(b) Castration.
(c) De-budding.
(d) Branding.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Temple Grandin conduct an industrywide audit and conclude that the vast majority of slaughterhouses were unable to regularly render cattle unconscious with a single blow?

2. Who is the cofounder of Heritage Foods that put the author in touch with the owner of Paradise Locker Meats?

3. What cow did Michael Pollan purchase and follow its life?

4. Approximately how many people died of AIDS in 24 years?

5. When did President Eisenhower sign the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act?

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