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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. Who was elected for a second term in the 1999 Colorado Springs mayoral race?
(a) Mike Harper.
(b) Roger Townsend.
(c) Mary Lou Makepeace.
(d) Anne Summers.

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

3. What has the upheaval caused by fundamental changes that sweep the meat-packing industry come to be known as?
(a) The IBP revolution.
(b) The ConAgra solution.
(c) Anti-unionization.
(d) The anti-trust fiasco.

4. How many pounds of ground beef can a single infected animal contaminate with E. coli O157:H7?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 2,200.
(c) 20.
(d) 32,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The annual bonuses of plant foremen and supervisors are often based on what?

2. The Titan II missiles at which company's plant northwest of Colorado Springs were originally designed to carry nuclear warheads?

3. What do some workers need to make themselves feel charged up and self-confident?

4. What is the other name for mad cow disease from the book?

5. Which other German city is less heavily bombed in World War II by the Allies, but sustains more damage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the main reasons that most migrant workers look for meatpacking jobs in America?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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