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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. When did President Eisenhower sign the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act?

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

3. Who is the owner of Paradise Locker Meats?

4. According to the author, recent history has averaged a pandemic how often?

5. What cow did Michael Pollan purchase and follow its life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Bill Niman's response to Bruce Friedrich's transcript in the book?

3. How does the author describe zoonotic disease and the "H" viruses as they affect humans?

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

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

6. Who is Lam Hoi-ka and why is he significant?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Describe and discuss the author's experience stealing into industrial farms with C in the narrative. How did the author and C enter the farms? What did they discover inside? How did these experiences affect the author?

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