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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Farm Sanctuary located?

2. Why would the author's grandmother not eat the meat that was brought to her by the farmer at the end of the war?

3. By what title does the author refer to his grandmother?

4. What one recipe does the author describe his grandmother making when he grew up?

5. At about what weight are farmed pigs usually slaughtered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do our food choices contribute to environmental degradation and global warming, according to the author in "Words/Meaning"?

2. What is bycatch and what are the environmental ramifications of bycatch?

3. What does feed conversion refer to?

4. How does the author describe his experience at the Berlin zoo in "Shame"?

5. What is meant by "factory farming"?

6. What does "Kosher" mean and how has this affected the author's diet?

7. What aspect of fellowship does the author challenge as offered by Michael Pollan?

8. Discuss the author's story of his grandmother's encounter with a Russian farmer. What does this story demonstrate?

9. How does the author describe his relationship with his grandmother in "The Fruits of Family Trees"?

10. What does CFE refer to? Why does the author criticize it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's relationship with his grandmother and the influences that his grandmother had on him. How did her perseverance during the war inspire the author? What was her relationship to food? How is the story about the Russian farmer relevant to the themes of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the organization Farm Forward. When and where was Farm Forward established? Who founded the organization? What is the organization's mission? How were they involved in the publication of Eating Animals?

Essay Topic 3

How much of the meat eaten by Americans comes from factory farms? What are the highest-selling meats sold in the U.S.? How does this compare to the amount of family-farmed meat consumed in the U.S.?

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