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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. The situation of plants being unable to render cattle unconscious before processing has improved, according to Temple Grandin, largely due to audits demanded by whom?
(a) Fast-food companies.
(b) International animal rights organizations.
(c) Grocery stores.
(d) Government agencies.

2. Whose provocative review of The Omnivore's Dilemma is cited in the text?
(a) Dr. Aaron Gross's.
(b) James Anderson's.
(c) R. K. Pachauri's.
(d) B. R. Myers's.

3. Approximately how many people died of AIDS in 24 years?
(a) 24 million.
(b) 32 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 14 million.

4. What does HSUS stand for?
(a) Histoical Society of United Soldiers.
(b) Heuristic Society of the United States.
(c) Humane Society of the United States.
(d) Human Species Under Surveillance.

5. What was Nicolette Niman's former profession?
(a) History professor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Stock broker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company did Diane and Marlene Halverson found?

2. From where did Bill Niman's father immigrate to America?

3. What is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?

4. What are Niman Ranch's annual revenues estimated to be (at the time of the book's publication)?

5. Where did the word "influenza" originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the different points in processing where contamination often occurs.

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

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

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

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

6. What estimates does the WHO provide regarding future pandemics?

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

8. Why does the author admire Frank Reese?

9. When and where was Niman Ranch established? What are the missions of the company?

10. Who is Lam Hoi-ka and why is he significant?

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