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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. What type of toxin is released form E. coli O157-H7?
(a) An alpha-toxin.
(b) A pyrogenic exotoxin.
(c) A Diphtheria toxin.
(d) A Shiga toxin.

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

3. Which California-based restaurant chain boasts no microwaves, heat lamps, or freezers?
(a) Boston Market.
(b) In-N-Out Burger.
(c) P.F. Chang's.
(d) California Pizza Kitchen.

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

5. Which health secretary surprises the British Parliament by declaring that mad cow disease might jump species and infect humans?
(a) Alistair Carmichael.
(b) Danny Alexander.
(c) Stephen Dorrell.
(d) Gregory Barker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who purchases IBP in this chapter?

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

3. Which company required that meatpacking houses slaughter cattle more humanely or lose their business?

4. The East German Secret Police are called ______.

5. At the writing of this book, who is the current CEO of McDonald's Corporation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does one of Dale Lasater's grandfather's do to fight against the Beef Trust?

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

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

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

8. How does a friend of Jesus, a late-night cleaning crew member, react when he enters the rendering room and why?

9. What new production method developed by IBP causes skilled, unionized supermarket butchers to be fired?

10. Why do meatpacking workers routinely develop cumulative trauma disorders?

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