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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1960's and 1970's, the moment union activity was suspected at a McDonald's restaurant, a group of experienced managers and corporate executives called a ______ is sent in.
(a) Flying squad.
(b) Scorched earth batallion.
(c) Breaker crew.
(d) Secret service group.

2. Which school district in Colorado Springs starts a nationwide trend to place fast food ads in its hallways?
(a) Disctrict 11.
(b) Red Valley District.
(c) District 9.
(d) Blue Rocks District.

3. According to the founder of the "Success" seminar, which faith is considered to be hopelessly out of date?
(a) Islam.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

4. What machine does Simplot buy to dehydrate onions?
(a) A prune dryer.
(b) A peach pitter.
(c) A wind machine.
(d) A sun dryer.

5. What professional sport does Dave Feamster play before buying into a Little Caesar's franchise?
(a) Football.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Basketball.

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

7. The receipt of a tax break by ranchers for donating future development rights to a Colorado land trust is called a ________.
(a) Trust easement.
(b) Truncated write-off.
(c) Conservation easement.
(d) Farewell write-off.

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

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

10. Which Canadian firm becomes the number-two fry company after buying Ore-Ida in 1997?
(a) Lamb Weston.
(b) Birdseye.
(c) McCain.
(d) Columbia.

11. Republican Congressman Andy Ireland calls franchisees who want legal reform of regulations ______ in congress.
(a) Whiny butts.
(b) Communists.
(c) Hippies.
(d) Knuckle draggers.

12. Before entering the Ray A. Kroc Musem, visitors pass through what?
(a) A french fry tunnel.
(b) Marble golden arches.
(c) McEntryway.
(d) McStore.

13. Walt Disney buys 160 acres of what in Anaheim to build Disneyland?
(a) Desert wasteland.
(b) Orange Groves.
(c) Bird sanctuary land.
(d) Swamp land.

14. The Colorado Cattlemen's Association files a/an ___________ in Mike Callicrate's lawsuit against IBP, demanding a competitive marketplace.
(a) Scandalum magnum.
(b) Injunction.
(c) Amicus brief.
(d) Habeas corpus.

15. In what county does Anaheim, California reside?
(a) San Bernardino.
(b) Riverside.
(c) Orange.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feamster's wife does what for a living?

2. For more than three decades, the fast food industry uses what federal agency to finance new restaurants?

3. Ray Kroc is a jazz musician what time period?

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

5. What percentage of American children between the ages of three and nine visit a McDonald's?

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