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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Most Dangerous Job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes up with the idea for the Chicken McNugget in 1979?
(a) Robert Iger.
(b) Ray Kroc.
(c) Fred Turner.
(d) Cam Robertson.

2. Where does Simplot open a phosphate mine?
(a) The Fort Hill Indian Reservation.
(b) The Kickapoo Indian Reservation.
(c) South Boise.
(d) Blackfoot.

3. Which company's catch phrase is "supermarket to the world"?
(a) Tyson Foods.
(b) Birdseye.
(c) Archer Daniels Midland.
(d) J.R. Simplot.

4. Republican Congressman Howard Coble, who introduces legislation to regulate franchising, is from which state?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Iowa.
(d) North Carolina.

5. Who slits the neck of a steer every ten seconds in the meatpacking house?
(a) The sticker.
(b) The poker.
(c) The slicer.
(d) The executioner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the apron and gloves made of that workers put on to protect themselves from knife wounds?

2. In 1941, hundreds of Disney animators go on strike, expressing support for what organization?

3. What is the nickname for the McDonald's operations and training manual assembled by Fred Turner in 1958?

4. What does Simplot's Lincoln Continental license plate say?

5. What are the knee high rubber boots that the author puts on before entering the meatpacking plant?

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