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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 company did Diane and Marlene Halverson found?

2. Where did Bill Niman grow up working at the family grocery store?

3. How old was Lam Hoi-ka when he died?

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

5. How much grain and corn are used per year in animal agriculture?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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