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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. What is another word for slaughterhouse that the author uses in the book?
(a) Oubliette.
(b) Crux.
(c) Cornet.
(d) Abattoir.
2. What percentage of slaughterhouse workers are injured every year?
(a) 14%.
(b) 27%.
(c) 34%.
(d) 53%.
3. What does the term "dead-end animals" mean?
(a) They are unable to walk.
(b) They are headed to slaughter.
(c) They cannot reproduce.
(d) They have died.
4. Approximately how many people died of AIDS in 24 years?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 24 million.
(c) 14 million.
(d) 32 million.
5. 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) 4.5 million pounds.
(c) 16.5 million pounds.
(d) 17.8 million pounds.
Short Answer Questions
1. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year in the U.S.?
2. What cow did Michael Pollan purchase and follow its life?
3. According to the National Chicken Council how many chickens are improperly slaughtered each year?
4. What solution was underway for Frank Reese and his slaughterhouse situation?
5. The author claims that Bill, Paul, Nicolette, and Frank are the kind of people that the president should consult when selecting what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Bill Niman's history. What led him to establish Niman Ranch?
2. What are the benefits and the detriments of the water-immersion system in poultry production?
3. What is the justification provided by the author of the transcript in "I Am A Vegan Who Builds Slaughterhouses"?
4. What meat industry does the author consider to be the most ethically upstanding? Why?
5. How does the author describe the genetic engineering in broiler foul in "The Life and Death of a Bird"?
6. Discuss the use of antibiotics in livestock. How much antibiotics are spent on livestock each year?
7. What infections are common in factory-farmed poultry? How common are they?
8. What is Bill Niman's response to Bruce Friedrich's transcript in the book?
9. In what ways does Bruce Friedrich contest Nicolette Niman's transcript in the book?
10. How does the author describe the workers and working conditions of chicken slaughterhouses?
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