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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 cow did Michael Pollan purchase and follow its life?
(a) #254.
(b) #534.
(c) #623.
(d) #12.

2. Approximately how many chickens arrive at the slaughterhouse with freshly broken bones as a result of rough treatment and bad genetics?
(a) 10%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 30%.

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

4. According to the National Chicken Council how many chickens are improperly slaughtered each year?
(a) 65 million.
(b) 350 million.
(c) 16 million.
(d) 180 million.

5. What does the NDC stand for?
(a) The National Dietary Council.
(b) National Disease Control.
(c) The National Dairy Council.
(d) The Network of Dietary Clinicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company did Diane and Marlene Halverson found?

2. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to livestock each year in the U.S., according to the industry?

3. When did Johan Hultin arrive in Brevig Mission?

4. What newspaper received a video of cruelty to cattle at a slaughterhouse along with signed affidavits alleging the violations on the tape were commonplace?

5. Where did Bill Niman grow up working at the family grocery store?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the workers and working conditions of chicken slaughterhouses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the benefits and the detriments of the water-immersion system in poultry production?

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

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