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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other name for mad cow disease from the book?
(a) AQS.
(b) E. coli O157:H7.
(c) BSE.
(d) SARS.

2. David M. Theno helped which California poultry processor eliminate Salmonella from most of its birds?
(a) Petaluma Poultry Processing.
(b) Foster Farms.
(c) Grimaud Farms.
(d) Tyson.

3. In what area of the packing plant do workers use a power saw to slice cattle into halves?
(a) The sticker shack.
(b) The rest area.
(c) The kill floor.
(d) The fab room.

4. Which other German city is less heavily bombed in World War II by the Allies, but sustains more damage?
(a) Munich.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Dresden.

5. The leading sectors of the nation's economy are controlled by corporate alliances known as _______.
(a) Squads.
(b) Trusts.
(c) Divisions.
(d) Amalgomates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item collected from restaurants in 1997 is banned from being fed to cattle by the FDA?

2. What is the nickname of Colorado Springs?

3. Who slits the neck of a steer every ten seconds in the meatpacking house?

4. What has the upheaval caused by fundamental changes that sweep the meat-packing industry come to be known as?

5. What professional sport does Dave Feamster play before buying into a Little Caesar's franchise?

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