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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. What is the approximate annual budget of Farm Sanctuary?

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

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

4. Approximately how many chickens does Tyson Foods slaughter each year?

5. What did the author change his college major to in his sophomore year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What inspired the author to write Eating Animals?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Niman Ranch and Bill and Nicolette Niman. What is the mission of Niman Ranch? When was it established? Where was it established? How has the company grown and changed since its origination?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the life of a pig in an industrial farm. With how many pigs would it be raised? Where would it be raised? What would it be fed? How long would it live? How would it die?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the company Paradise Locker Meats. Where is it located? What service does it supply? What did the author learn when touring this facility?

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