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

2. Eggs are regulated by what federal agency?
(a) NAS.
(b) USDA.
(c) FDA.
(d) NIH.

3. The East German Secret Police are called ______.
(a) KGB.
(b) Stasi.
(c) EGSP.
(d) NAZI.

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

5. In the 1920's, Plauen has the most millionaires in Germany and the most _____.
(a) Cattle.
(b) Schitzel restaurants.
(c) Suicides.
(d) Marriages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which health secretary surprises the British Parliament by declaring that mad cow disease might jump species and infect humans?

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

3. Which variant of mad cow disease literally destroys the brains of ten young people in Britain?

4. Which country's beef has a vastly lower rate of Salmonella than the U.S., at .01%?

5. David M. Theno helped which California poultry processor eliminate Salmonella from most of its birds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sandra Gallegos disagree with Lee Harding's assumption that he got E. coli poisoning from a chicken taco at a Mexican restaurant?

2. Why is the impact of fast food readily apparent in Germany?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the McDonald's Corporation review Fast Food Nation?

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

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