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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. How many animals at the Berlin zoo survived the Allied air raids in 1942?

2. What did the author's grandmother's family always eat for Shabbat?

3. Where is the kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors located?

4. What is the approximate annual budget of Farm Sanctuary?

5. Of what ethno-religious heritage does the author descend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is meant by "factory farming"?

2. How does the author define "free-range"?

3. How does the author define "cruelty" in the text?

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

5. Why does the author cite Franz Kafka in "Shame"?

6. How does the author describe the typical cage for egg-laying hens in "Battery Cage"?

7. What is a downer? How does the author describe downers in the industrial farming industry?

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

9. What is Farm Sanctuary and what is its mission?

10. What are broiler chickens and why does the author assert they are lucky in comparison to laying hens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss the following terms from the text: free-range, organic, kosher, and grass-fed. How much legitimacy does the author lend to each of these terms? Which of these terms are deemed misleading by the author? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch and owner Frank Reese. When was the ranch founded? What drew Frank Reese to become a farmer? What does the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch specialize in?

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