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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to government estimages obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, approximately how many chickens go alive and conscious into the scalding tank?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 4 million.
(c) 6 million.
(d) 2 million.

2. When did President Eisenhower sign the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1955.

3. What does the NDC stand for?
(a) The National Dietary Council.
(b) The Network of Dietary Clinicians.
(c) National Disease Control.
(d) The National Dairy Council.

4. What bestselling book by Michael Pollan traces the life of an industry-raised beef cow?
(a) Meatonomics.
(b) The Meat Racket.
(c) Slaughterhouse.
(d) The Omnivore's Dilemma.

5. What was Nicolette Niman's former profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) History professor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Stock broker.

6. Who is the founder of Farm Forward?
(a) R. K. Pachauri.
(b) Dr. Stanley Curtis.
(c) Dr. Lesley Rogers.
(d) Dr. Aaron Gross.

7. According to the author, recent history has averaged a pandemic how often?
(a) Every 32.5 years.
(b) Every 15 years.
(c) Every 40.5 years.
(d) Every 27.5 years.

8. The situation of plants being unable to render cattle unconscious before processing has improved, according to Temple Grandin, largely due to audits demanded by whom?
(a) Government agencies.
(b) International animal rights organizations.
(c) Grocery stores.
(d) Fast-food companies.

9. What is the profession of the one full-time local government employee in Brevig Mission?
(a) A postal delivery person.
(b) A park ranger.
(c) A financial administrator.
(d) A police officer.

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

11. 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?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

12. What tool is used to stun or kill cattle when they are processed?
(a) A hammer peal.
(b) An anesthesia injection.
(c) A knocking gun.
(d) An electric bath.

13. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to livestock each year in the U.S., according to the industry?
(a) 17.8 million pounds.
(b) 4.5 million pounds.
(c) 12.4 million pounds.
(d) 16.5 million pounds.

14. What does HSUS stand for?
(a) Histoical Society of United Soldiers.
(b) Heuristic Society of the United States.
(c) Human Species Under Surveillance.
(d) Humane Society of the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the owner of Paradise Locker Meats?

2. Temple Grandin's most recent estimates of cattle slaughter indicate that what percentage of cattle are unable to be rendered unconscious prior to processing?

3. According to the author, scientific studies and government records suggest that upwards of what percentage of chickens in farming operations become infected with E. coli?

4. From where did Bill Niman's father immigrate to America?

5. Who is the PETA member whose transcript refutes the ideas of Nicolette Niman in the text?

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