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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1920's, Plauen has the most millionaires in Germany and the most _____.
(a) Schitzel restaurants.
(b) Suicides.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Cattle.

2. Which California-based restaurant chain boasts no microwaves, heat lamps, or freezers?
(a) Boston Market.
(b) P.F. Chang's.
(c) California Pizza Kitchen.
(d) In-N-Out Burger.

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

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

5. 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) An innard cowboy.
(b) A gutter.
(c) A roper.
(d) A reacher.

6. Which room in the meatpacking plant contains machines that assemble cardboard boxes and vacuum seal meat in plastic?
(a) The butcher shop.
(b) The rump room.
(c) The kill floor.
(d) The fabricating room.

7. What are the apron and gloves made of that workers put on to protect themselves from knife wounds?
(a) Goretex.
(b) Chain mail.
(c) Leather.
(d) Kevlar.

8. 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) Argentine.
(d) Mexican.

9. Which health secretary surprises the British Parliament by declaring that mad cow disease might jump species and infect humans?
(a) Alistair Carmichael.
(b) Danny Alexander.
(c) Stephen Dorrell.
(d) Gregory Barker.

10. The 1980 Education Act eliminates government subsidies for ___________.
(a) Nutritious school meals.
(b) Milk at lunch.
(c) Proper refirdgeration in schools.
(d) Pencils.

11. Who writes the book, The Jungle, in 1906?
(a) John Updike.
(b) Mary Shelley.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Upton Sinclair.

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

13. The Titan II missiles at which company's plant northwest of Colorado Springs were originally designed to carry nuclear warheads?
(a) Raytheon.
(b) Boeing.
(c) Lockheed Martin.
(d) Northrup.

14. Rich Conway helps run which family business?
(a) Red X grocery.
(b) Monfort.
(c) Red Top Restaurant.
(d) Lasater Ranch.

15. How high can the percentage of cattle that carries E. coli O157:H7 get in the summer?
(a) One percent.
(b) Fifty percent.
(c) Twenty-five percent.
(d) Forty percent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which company's name translates to "partnership with the land"?

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?

4. Who is the president of STOP (Safe Tables Our Priority)?

5. Which group quickly agrees to a large pay cut for its workers when Monfort takes over a Grand Island, Nebraska slaughterhouse?

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