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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why the Fries Taste So Good.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the education level of billionaire, J.R. Simplot?
(a) Two years of technical school.
(b) Master's Degree in Agriculture.
(c) Graduated high school.
(d) Eighth-grade dropout.

2. Whom does Carl Karcher marry?
(a) Marcia Stevens.
(b) Margaret Heinz.
(c) Jane Mansfield.
(d) Mary Heidenreich.

3. Which president enacts the Interstate Highway Act, modeled after Adolph Hitler's autobahn system?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Truman.
(c) Coolidge.
(d) Eisenhower.

4. Who brings the Parisian recipe for pommes frites to America in 1802?
(a) Eli Whitney.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Antonin Dvorak.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

5. What do Ray Kroc and Walt Disney join to see battle in Europe in 1917?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Army Rangers.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The National Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does KIGY stand for?

2. Where is the food that is "assembled" at Taco Bell restaurants actually made?

3. After working at Burger King for about a year, what does sociologist Ester Reiter conclude was the trait most valued in fast food workers?

4. Which law is passed that makes it illegal for fast food websites to ask for personal information from children?

5. What percentage of fast food visits is "impulsive"?

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