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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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. According to the author, at the end of the day, factory farming is about what?
(a) Sustaining the environment.
(b) Money.
(c) Feeding people.
(d) Malice.

5. 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) 2 million.
(c) 6 million.
(d) 4 million.

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

7. What does the author say recently happened to Bill Niman just before the publication of this book?
(a) He was promoted to CEO of his company.
(b) He was arrested and investigated for fraud.
(c) He was forced out by the board of his company.
(d) He was forced to close down his company.

8. 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) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1969.

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

10. Approximately how many chickens arrive at the slaughterhouse with freshly broken bones as a result of rough treatment and bad genetics?
(a) 10%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 30%.

11. Who has been the leading scientist investigating energy usage in food production, according to Bill Niman?
(a) R. K. Pachauri.
(b) David Pimentel.
(c) Dr. Aaron Gross.
(d) Mario Fantasma.

12. 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.

13. Where is Paradise Locker Meats located?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

14. What cow did Michael Pollan purchase and follow its life?
(a) #534.
(b) #12.
(c) #254.
(d) #623.

15. What is the second leading cause of death in the U.S.?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Automobile accidents.
(d) Heart disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how long do broiler chickens live before they are typically slaughtered?

3. How old was Lam Hoi-ka when he died?

4. How much grain and corn are used per year in animal agriculture?

5. According to the National Chicken Council how many chickens are improperly slaughtered each year?

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