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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the other name for mad cow disease from the book?
(a) E. coli O157:H7.
(b) AQS.
(c) SARS.
(d) BSE.

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

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

5. Which group quickly agrees to a large pay cut for its workers when Monfort takes over a Grand Island, Nebraska slaughterhouse?
(a) The UFCW.
(b) The ACLU.
(c) The International Meatpackers Union.
(d) The National Maritime Union.

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

7. Which company required that meatpacking houses slaughter cattle more humanely or lose their business?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Taco Bell.
(c) Wendy's.
(d) Boston Market.

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

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

10. Which kind of grass-fed, lower fat beef considered a gourmet item and may be less likely to spread E. coli?
(a) Stockyard Special.
(b) Argentine.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Kobe.

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

12. What is the name of the small electric knives with spinning, round blades that workers use to carve meat?
(a) Whizzard.
(b) Carver.
(c) Sectioner.
(d) Slingblade.

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

14. What type of animal is a cow in that it eats primarily grass, and maybe grain, with multiple stomachs?
(a) An hebivore.
(b) A carnivore.
(c) A vegetarian.
(d) A ruminant.

15. 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) John Gotti.
(c) Tom Pendergast.
(d) Moe Stenman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Internet at the heart of today's economy started out as what?

2. The 1980 Education Act eliminates government subsidies for ___________.

3. Who purchases IBP in this chapter?

4. Dale Lasater's father, Tom, dropped out of which college?

5. What type of toxin is released form E. coli O157-H7?

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