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

2. What are long-haired, working class German fans of American heavy metal music called in Plauen?
(a) Die Heavies.
(b) Die Hammers.
(c) Die Rockers.
(d) Die Metalheads.

3. The annual bonuses of plant foremen and supervisors are often based on what?
(a) Employee morale.
(b) Long hours.
(c) Low injury rate reports.
(d) Efficient production.

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

5. At the writing of this book, who is the current CEO of McDonald's Corporation?
(a) Jack Greenberg.
(b) Ray Kroc.
(c) Thomas Macon.
(d) Mike Eisner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What town is near Lasater Ranch?

3. Where do some meatpacking workers cook little bits of meat on a shift?

4. What has the upheaval caused by fundamental changes that sweep the meat-packing industry come to be known as?

5. Who purchases IBP in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are most jobs performed in the beef industry and how is it different than the poultry industry?

2. Why does the author say that the "market" is a tool?

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

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

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

6. What was the most popular meat in America before World War II and why did that change?

7. Why is Red Top Restaurant a good place to work?

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

9. Why is the high turnover rate in the meatpacking industry not a concern for large companies?

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

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