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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 percentage of slaughterhouse workers are injured every year?

2. What is another word for slaughterhouse that the author uses in the book?

3. Where did the word "influenza" originate?

4. What kind of agriculture do Bill and Nicolette Niman supoprt?

5. Where is Paradise Locker Meats located?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. The author asserts that the ethical relationship of farmers to farm animals is unique. How does he elaborate on this?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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