1. According to historian Harvey Levenstein, when was the "Golden Age of Food Processing"?
(a) The 1970's.
(b) The 1940's.
(c) The 1960's.
(d) The 1950's.

2. Colorado has lost how many acres of ranch land to development in the last twenty years?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 450,000.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) Twenty million.

3. What is the annual turnover rate in the fast food industry at the writing of this book?
(a) 300 to 400%.
(b) 900%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 50-60%.

4. What is the term for how illegals are generally employed?
(a) "At will".
(b) "Permatemp".
(c) "Short-term contract".
(d) "Longterm".

5. Who writes the book, The Jungle, in 1906?
(a) Henry Miller.
(b) Upton Sinclair.
(c) Mary Shelley.
(d) John Updike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the newly elected governor of Nebraska told by Mike Harper that his company needed more tax breaks or it would pick up shop and leave the state?

2. In 1996, which agency investigates the concentration of large meat-packing companies?

3. What is the name of the small electric knives with spinning, round blades that workers use to carve meat?

4. What is the primary medium of children's advertising?

5. Which packing house owner is one of the two people from Colorado to be put on President Nixon's enemy list?

(see the answer key)

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