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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the job title of a worker in a packinghouse who pulls the stomach out of a steer and ties off the intestines?
(a) A gutter.
(b) A reacher.
(c) An innard cowboy.
(d) A roper.

3. What is the name of the "labor consultant" from New York City who meets with IBP and has close ties to La Cosa Nostra?
(a) Al Capone.
(b) Moe Stenman.
(c) John Gotti.
(d) Tom Pendergast.

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

5. Who announces that it is putting a new restaurant in every Wal-Mart in Germany?
(a) Subway Rhineland.
(b) McDonald's Deutschland.
(c) Pizza Hut International.
(d) KFC Germany.

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

7. Who is the largest employer in Weld County, Colorado?
(a) Monfort.
(b) Swift.
(c) ConAgra.
(d) Armour.

8. What chemicals described in The Jungle are used to disguise the smell of spoiled beef?
(a) Hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride.
(b) Chlorine bleach and water.
(c) Glycerine and borax.
(d) Fluoride and sodium.

9. Which fast food chain made hamburgers popular in the 1920's?
(a) Burger King.
(b) Goldie's.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) White Castle.

10. Plauen becomes part of the communist _______ after World War II.
(a) German Democratic Republic.
(b) Coalition.
(c) Demilitarized zone.
(d) Ideal.

11. The annual bonuses of plant foremen and supervisors are often based on what?
(a) Low injury rate reports.
(b) Long hours.
(c) Efficient production.
(d) Employee morale.

12. Dale Lasater's father, Tom, dropped out of which college?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

13. Chickens are regulated by what federal agency?
(a) FDA.
(b) NIH.
(c) USDA.
(d) NAS.

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

15. Cattle remains that were previously fed to cattle are now fed to _____.
(a) Alligators.
(b) Wild boar.
(c) Pets.
(d) Ostriches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some workers need to make themselves feel charged up and self-confident?

2. Which company required that meatpacking houses slaughter cattle more humanely or lose their business?

3. In the 1920's, Plauen has the most millionaires in Germany and the most _____.

4. How many pounds of ground beef can a single infected animal contaminate with E. coli O157:H7?

5. What town is near Lasater Ranch?

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