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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 is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?

2. About how long do broiler chickens live before they are typically slaughtered?

3. What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?

4. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to livestock each year in the U.S., according to the industry?

5. What happened to the slaughterhouse that Frank Reese was using to slaughter his poultry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the justification provided by the author of the transcript in "I Am A Vegan Who Builds Slaughterhouses"?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the company Paradise Locker Meats. Where is it located? What service does it supply? What did the author learn when touring this facility?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the organization PETA. When was PETA founded? What is PETA's mission? What are acts of protest that have been performed by the members of PETA? What changes has PETA enacted? How?

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