Fast Food Nation Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Eric Schlosser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Fast Food Nation Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1941, hundreds of Disney animators go on strike, expressing support for what organization?
(a) Industiral Arts Council.
(b) Screen Cartoonists Guild.
(c) Animators and Puppeteers Association.
(d) ACLU.

2. Which transport industry is intentionally wiped out in Southern California?
(a) Car.
(b) Bus.
(c) Airline.
(d) Railway.

3. Disney's broadcast of "Our Friend the Atom" is sponsored by which manufacturing company?
(a) General Dynamics.
(b) DuPont.
(c) Teledyne.
(d) General Electric.

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

5. How much money does Dave Feamster owe Little Caesar's before he sells his first pizza?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $1 million.

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

7. What is the primary flavoring that gives McDonald's french fries their distinctive taste?
(a) Salt.
(b) Beef.
(c) Sessame oil.
(d) Peanut oil.

8. Chicken meat had been traditionally provided by hens too ______ to lay eggs.
(a) Old.
(b) Fat.
(c) Young.
(d) Thin.

9. What percentage of American children between the ages of three and nine visit a McDonald's?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

10. How did Hank die?
(a) Assassination.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Trampled by one of his herds.

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 According to the founder of the "Success" seminar, which faith is considered to be hopelessly out of date?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

12. In 1973, what causes the fast food industry to temporarily lose stock value?
(a) The death of Ray Kroc.
(b) The Arab oil embargo.
(c) The advent of health food markets.
(d) Mad cow disease.

13. What is Harlan Sanders' "lifelong struggle"?
(a) To stop cursing.
(b) To be able to afford a car.
(c) To stop smoking.
(d) To lose weight.

14. Whose previous appearance at the "Success" seminar spurs other celebrities to speak at them?
(a) Tom Cruise's.
(b) Donald Trump's.
(c) Ronald Reagan's.
(d) Jimmy Carter's.

15. Where does the Air Defense Command move in 1951?
(a) Cheyenne Mountain.
(b) Pike's Peak.
(c) Keystone.
(d) Breckenridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of monopoly is where there is a market of a small number of buyers exert power over a large number of sellers?

2. What does Ray Kroc's philosophy of QSC and V stand for?

3. What style of clothing does someone not see at Harrison High School now?

4. McDonaldland borrows its distinctive look from where?

5. Cattle that are either maintained in a company-owned feedlot or purchased in advance through forward contracts are known as ________.

(see the answer keys)

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