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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At about what age is the modern broiler chicken killed?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

2. 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) .25%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 75%.

3. How many journalists came to Knut's public debut?
(a) 400.
(b) 250.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

4. About how many animals are housed at the Berlin zoo today?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. On what day did the author's grandmother's family bake bread each week?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Thursdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Tuesdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did the author's grandmother ask him when he called to tell her his son had been born?

2. When was Farm Sanctuary founded?

3. Over how many land animals are slaughtered for food every year in America?

4. What kind of bread does the author recall eating at his grandmother's house every weekend as a child?

5. How long did the sheep live that the founder of Farm Sanctuary saved from a downer pile at the Lancaster stockyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe his relationship with his grandmother in "The Fruits of Family Trees"?

2. How does the author describe the typical cage for egg-laying hens in "Battery Cage"?

3. How does the author define "cruelty" in the text?

4. Why does the author cite Franz Kafka in "Shame"?

5. What is Farm Sanctuary and what is its mission?

6. What does "Kosher" mean and how has this affected the author's diet?

7. What aspect of fellowship does the author challenge as offered by Michael Pollan?

8. How does the author define animals in "Animal"?

9. How does the author define "free-range"?

10. What is meant by "factory farming"?

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