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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Internet at the heart of today's economy started out as what?
(a) A spy network.
(b) A military communications network.
(c) A video game.
(d) A business ethernet.

2. In what area of the packing plant do workers use a power saw to slice cattle into halves?
(a) The kill floor.
(b) The fab room.
(c) The sticker shack.
(d) The rest area.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who slits the neck of a steer every ten seconds in the meatpacking house?

2. Which is the only state in the union to allow companies to leave the worker's comp system and set up its own system for dealing with injuries?

3. What are long-haired, working class German fans of American heavy metal music called in Plauen?

4. Who is the largest employer in Weld County, Colorado?

5. What is the name of the supervisor given in the book who belittles his employees injuries, cursing them out, and shouting at his workers to move faster?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to anthropologist, Yunxiang Yan, what does McDonald's represent for Beijing customers?

2. What is the difference between good E.coli and bad E. coli?

3. What percentage of the American population suffers a bout of food poisoning each year?

4. How does In-N-Out Burger do business differently than other restaurants?

5. Why does East German parliament member, Ernst Doerfler, call for a ban on McDonald's in East Germany?

6. How do the problems McDonald's is having with expansion resemble those of the British Empire a century ago?

7. How does World War I destroy the culture of Plauen, Germany?

8. Why is grain-fed beef preferable to grass-fed beef?

9. According to the author, what is one of President George W. Bush's first acts in office?

10. What is the scariest job performed by the late-night cleaning crew and why?

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