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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who kills Nathan Meeker in a dispute in 1879?
(a) A group of Ute Indians.
(b) His factory workers.
(c) John Dillinger.
(d) Warren Monfort.

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

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

5. What are the knee high rubber boots that the author puts on before entering the meatpacking plant?
(a) Hipwaders.
(b) Wellingtons.
(c) Dingos.
(d) Justins.

6. The sections of beef known as chucks, loins, ribs, and rounds are known as _______.
(a) Secondals.
(b) Primals.
(c) Choice.
(d) Subprimals.

7. During the communist rule of East Germany, the successful manufacturing of what product causes high pollution in the city?
(a) Flax seed oil.
(b) Cotton paper.
(c) Battery acid.
(d) Synthetic wool.

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

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

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

11. 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) Moe Stenman.
(b) Tom Pendergast.
(c) John Gotti.
(d) Al Capone.

12. Companies from which country have bought Chrysler, Random House, and RCA Records?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Japan.

13. In 1993, who becomes the first Latino head of the UFCW in Packingtown (Chicago)?
(a) Simon Gutierrez.
(b) Alex Molnar.
(c) Ramon Vasquez.
(d) Ruben Ramirez.

14. What item collected from restaurants in 1997 is banned from being fed to cattle by the FDA?
(a) Paper.
(b) Spoiled produce.
(c) Plate waste.
(d) Leftover cheese.

15. Who purchases IBP in this chapter?
(a) ConAgra.
(b) Monfort.
(c) IBP.
(d) Tyson Foods.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high can the percentage of cattle that carries E. coli O157:H7 get in the summer?

2. Injured workers at IBP who can't claim worker's comp almost always sign a ________ or risk losing their jobs.

3. Which kind of grass-fed, lower fat beef considered a gourmet item and may be less likely to spread E. coli?

4. What was the name of the cat that died in Bristol, England of a feline variant of mad cow disease?

5. In what area of the packing plant do workers use a power saw to slice cattle into halves?

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