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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 was the name of the cat that died in Bristol, England of a feline variant of mad cow disease?
(a) Yoda.
(b) Bat Cat.
(c) Peekachoo.
(d) Mad Max.

2. What is the name of the "labor consultant" from New York City who meets with IBP and has close ties to La Cosa Nostra?
(a) John Gotti.
(b) Moe Stenman.
(c) Al Capone.
(d) Tom Pendergast.

3. What chemicals described in The Jungle are used to disguise the smell of spoiled beef?
(a) Fluoride and sodium.
(b) Glycerine and borax.
(c) Chlorine bleach and water.
(d) Hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride.

4. The Titan II missiles at which company's plant northwest of Colorado Springs were originally designed to carry nuclear warheads?
(a) Boeing.
(b) Lockheed Martin.
(c) Raytheon.
(d) Northrup.

5. During the communist rule of East Germany, the successful manufacturing of what product causes high pollution in the city?
(a) Flax seed oil.
(b) Battery acid.
(c) Synthetic wool.
(d) Cotton paper.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was elected for a second term in the 1999 Colorado Springs mayoral race?

4. Which kind of grass-fed, lower fat beef considered a gourmet item and may be less likely to spread E. coli?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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