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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 does Simplot's Lincoln Continental license plate say?
(a) MR. SPUD.
(b) U 8 T8EZ.
(c) FRYMAN.
(d) STARCHY.

2. Gaining the McNugget contract turns which company into the nation's largest chicken processor?
(a) Williams Chicken Coporation.
(b) Archer Daniels Midland.
(c) McNabb Hens.
(d) Tyson Foods.

3. Which company's name translates to "partnership with the land"?
(a) Monfort.
(b) Coterra.
(c) ConAgra.
(d) Lamb Weston.

4. Which kind of grass-fed, lower fat beef considered a gourmet item and may be less likely to spread E. coli?
(a) Kobe.
(b) Stockyard Special.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Argentine.

5. What is phosphate used for in potato farming?
(a) Irrigation.
(b) Preservatives.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Pesticide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes over Southern California, completely changing the lifestyle of the population there?

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

3. Who stages the "Success" seminar that Feamster and his employees attend at McNichos arena?

4. Which health secretary surprises the British Parliament by declaring that mad cow disease might jump species and infect humans?

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

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