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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On the Range.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technology firm does Simplot invest in in 1980?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) Hewlett Packard.
(c) Micron Technology.
(d) Apple.

2. At the "Success" seminar, what is the prize for winning the dance contest?
(a) A car.
(b) A trip to Disneyland.
(c) A paid guest spot on a "Success" commercial.
(d) A home stereo system.

3. In 1972, Ray Kroc gives $250,000 to whose presidential campaign?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Carter.
(c) Ford.
(d) McGovern.

4. In the Ray A. Kroc museum, what appears when certain buttons are pushed?
(a) Dioramas.
(b) Hamburger coupons.
(c) Money.
(d) Sock puppets.

5. What is the largest daily newspaper in Colorado Springs?
(a) The Register.
(b) The Gazette-Telegraph.
(c) The Daily Reader.
(d) The RockyMountain Tribune.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds of potatoes does the J.R. Simplot plant in Aberdeen, Idaho produce?

2. What is Ray Kroc doing when he first visited McDonald's in 1954?

3. What is the annual turnover rate in the fast food industry at the writing of this book?

4. According to historian Harvey Levenstein, when was the "Golden Age of Food Processing"?

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

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