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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who slits the neck of a steer every ten seconds in the meatpacking house?
(a) The sticker.
(b) The poker.
(c) The executioner.
(d) The slicer.

2. What do some workers need to make themselves feel charged up and self-confident?
(a) Pep talks.
(b) Coke.
(c) Sugara pills.
(d) Crank.

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

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

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

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

7. What town is near Lasater Ranch?
(a) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(b) Matheson, Colorado.
(c) Pueblo, Colorado.
(d) Greeley, Colorado.

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

9. Cattle manure is not sent to waste treatment plants but dumped into ______.
(a) Irrigation ditches.
(b) Lagoons.
(c) Septic systems.
(d) City dumps.

10. What illness caused by the toxin in E. coli O157-H7 can lead to kidney failure, anemia, internal bleeding, and the destruction of vital organs?
(a) Ardalan-Shoja-Kiuru syndrome.
(b) Acrocallosal syndrome.
(c) Hemolytic uremic syndrome.
(d) Tuberculosis.

11. Which country's beef has a vastly lower rate of Salmonella than the U.S., at .01%?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Japan.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

13. What is now the favorite drink among Chinese children?
(a) Rice milk.
(b) Dr. Pepper.
(c) Soy milk.
(d) Coca-cola.

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

15. What is considered the most important tool in the modern slaughterhouse?
(a) Your wits.
(b) A good lawyer.
(c) A sharp knife.
(d) A tough attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announces that it is putting a new restaurant in every Wal-Mart in Germany?

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

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

4. In 1988, a panel from which organization warns that the nation's public health infrastructure is in serious disarray, limiting its ability to track or prevent the spread of newly emerging pathogens?

5. Greatly reducing the fat content of ________ could have and immediate effect on the nation's kids, according to the author.

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