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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. Why would the author's grandmother not eat the meat that was brought to her by the farmer at the end of the war?
(a) She did not eat meat.
(b) It was rotten.
(c) It was not kosher.
(d) She did not trust him.

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

3. Shrimp trawling accounts for what percentage of global bycatch?
(a) 12%.
(b) 33%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 15%.

4. What ancient Greek physician praised dog meat as a source of strength?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Hippocrates.

5. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does CAFO represent?

2. In how many U.S. states is it legal to eat dog?

3. How many more times in volume of greenhouse gases do omnivores contribute than vegans?

4. On what day did the author's grandmother's family bake bread each week?

5. What tactics are used to ensure that farmed chickens produce eggs year-round?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does CFE refer to? Why does the author criticize it?

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

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

4. How does the author describe the concepts and statistics of pets in the U.S.?

5. What is meant by "factory farming"?

6. What irony does the author point out in "A Case for Eating Dogs"?

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

8. How have chicken and egg production changed since the 1930s?

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

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

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