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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 was the source of the 1918 flu pandemic?

2. Americans eat how many times more chickens than they did 80 years ago?

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

4. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

5. What is America's hog-factory-rich state?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the setup of the second farm he visited with C in "The Life and Death of a Bird"?

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

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

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

6. What are the benefits and the detriments of the water-immersion system in poultry production?

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

8. How does the author describe the workers and working conditions of chicken slaughterhouses?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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