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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What solution was underway for Frank Reese and his slaughterhouse situation?
(a) He was relocating his farm to be close to another slaughterhouse.
(b) He was developing his own slaughterhouse.
(c) He was shutting down his operation.
(d) He was planning to ship his turkeys across the country live.

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

3. What work refers to a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans?
(a) Zoonotic.
(b) Amorphous.
(c) Catalytic.
(d) Metamorphic.

4. Who is the owner of Paradise Locker Meats?
(a) Patrick Martins.
(b) Mario Fantasma.
(c) Gilbert White.
(d) Frank Reese.

5. What is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?
(a) The Spanish flu.
(b) A factory explosion.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Polio.

6. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year in the U.S.?
(a) 3 million pounds.
(b) 50,000 pounds.
(c) 1 million pounds.
(d) 2 million pounds.

7. How far is the drive Bolinas from San Francisco?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

8. Where did Bill Niman grow up working at the family grocery store?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) Minneapolis.

9. What disease killed Lam Hoi-ka?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) H5N1 virus.
(d) AIDS virus.

10. About how long do broiler chickens live before they are typically slaughtered?
(a) 60-62 days.
(b) 76-78 days.
(c) 24-26 days.
(d) 39-42 days.

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

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

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

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

15. At what university does Bernie Rollin work?
(a) Louisiana State University.
(b) Colorado State University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Texas A&M.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many residents live in Brevig Mission?

2. According to the author, at the end of the day, factory farming is about what?

3. The second farm that the author visited with C housed 20 sheds that each held about how many birds?

4. Where is Paradise Locker Meats located?

5. According to government estimages obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, approximately how many chickens go alive and conscious into the scalding tank?

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