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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 old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?

2. Approximately how many chickens does the author claim KFC purchases every year?

3. What kind of meat did the farmer bring to the author's grandmother when she was starving at the end of the war?

4. Where is Farm Sanctuary located?

5. Through what war did the author's grandmother barely survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does feed conversion refer to?

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

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

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

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

6. What irony does the author point out in "A Case for Eating Dogs"?

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

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

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

10. How does the author define animals in "Animal"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks to veganism and vegetarianism. How do these diets affect an individual's health? How do they affect an individual's food options? How are these diet/lifestyle choices perceived socially?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the author make the case for eating dogs in the book? What irony does he point out regarding pets and livestock? Do you agree with the author's assertions in this regard? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of remembrance and forgetting in Eating Animals. How does the author develop these themes throughout the work? What symbolism connects to these themes? How do these themes connect to food?

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