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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 tool is used to stun or kill cattle when they are processed?
(a) A hammer peal.
(b) An electric bath.
(c) An anesthesia injection.
(d) A knocking gun.

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

3. 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) 1969.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1996.

4. How many residents live in Brevig Mission?
(a) 982.
(b) 653.
(c) 276.
(d) 1,359.

5. What is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?
(a) The Spanish flu.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) A factory explosion.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the founder of Farm Forward?

3. What is the second leading cause of death in the U.S.?

4. Approximately how many people died of AIDS in 24 years?

5. Where did the word "influenza" originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author admire Frank Reese?

2. The author asserts that the ethical relationship of farmers to farm animals is unique. How does he elaborate on this?

3. What meat industry does the author consider to be the most ethically upstanding? Why?

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

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

6. In what ways does Bruce Friedrich contest Nicolette Niman's transcript in the book?

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

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

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

10. What company does Frank Reese run? What does it specialize in?

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