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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. On average, Americans eat the equivalent of how many entire animals in a lifetime?

2. Approximately how many chickens arrive at the slaughterhouse with freshly broken bones as a result of rough treatment and bad genetics?

3. According to the National Chicken Council how many chickens are improperly slaughtered each year?

4. Approximately how many gallons of blood does a cow have?

5. What word from the text means of the nature of being a model?

Short Essay Questions

1. What meat industry does the author consider to be the most ethically upstanding? Why?

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

3. Discuss the practices of branding, debudding, and castration. Are these practices regarded as cruel? Why or why not?

4. What company does Frank Reese run? What does it specialize in?

5. What is the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and when was it enacted?

6. What infections are common in factory-farmed poultry? How common are they?

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

8. Discuss the use of antibiotics in livestock. How much antibiotics are spent on livestock each year?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impacts of working in a slaughterhouse. What is the turnover rate for slaughterhouse workers? What are wages like? How would you describe the working conditions for these laborers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks to having an omnivorous diet. How has having an omnivorous diet changed in the past 50 years? What are the most prevalent meats eaten in the U.S.? What health factors are discussed in the book regarding eating meat?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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