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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. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

2. What is the population of Balinas, California?

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

4. Who is the owner of Paradise Locker Meats?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Bruce Friedrich contest Nicolette Niman's transcript in the book?

2. When and where was Niman Ranch established? What are the missions of the company?

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

4. How is the concept of nature developed as a theme in Eating Animals?

5. Why does the author admire Frank Reese?

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

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

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

9. How does Nicolette Niman justify her work at Niman Ranch while maintaining a vegetarian lifestyle?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the life of a broiler chicken in an industrial farm. Where would the chicken be born? Where would it grow up? What would its surrounding be like? How long would it live? What would the conditions of its life be like?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the history of domesticated poultry from early domestication to today. How have our relationships with animals changed over time? What has caused those changes? How have our connections with our food's origins transitioned?

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