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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. Who is the cofounder of Heritage Foods that put the author in touch with the owner of Paradise Locker Meats?
(a) Patrick Martins.
(b) Gilbert White.
(c) Mario Fantasma.
(d) Frank Reese.

2. How much grain and corn are used per year in animal agriculture?
(a) 464 million tons.
(b) 756 million tons.
(c) 126 million tons.
(d) 923 million tons.

3. Temple Grandin's most recent estimates of cattle slaughter indicate that what percentage of cattle are unable to be rendered unconscious prior to processing?
(a) 2 in 3.
(b) 1 in 4.
(c) 2 in 5.
(d) 1 in 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the text means of the nature of being a model?

2. What livestock industry is, according to the author, by far the most ethically impressive segment of the meat industry?

3. What is the population of Balinas, California?

4. At approximately what age are cattle commonly now slaughtered for meat?

5. According to the author, recent history has averaged a pandemic how often?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe zoonotic disease and the "H" viruses as they affect humans?

2. What infections are common in factory-farmed poultry? How common are they?

3. What is the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and when was it enacted?

4. Discuss the use of antibiotics in livestock. How much antibiotics are spent on livestock each year?

5. How does the author describe the setup of the second farm he visited with C in "The Life and Death of a Bird"?

6. Why does the author discuss the 1918 flu pandemic?

7. How is the concept of nature developed as a theme in Eating Animals?

8. Why does the author admire Frank Reese?

9. Discuss Bill Niman's history. What led him to establish Niman Ranch?

10. What is the justification provided by the author of the transcript in "I Am A Vegan Who Builds Slaughterhouses"?

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