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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 purchases IBP in this chapter?
(a) Tyson Foods.
(b) IBP.
(c) ConAgra.
(d) Monfort.

2. What is considered the most important tool in the modern slaughterhouse?
(a) A sharp knife.
(b) A good lawyer.
(c) Your wits.
(d) A tough attitude.

3. Which other German city is less heavily bombed in World War II by the Allies, but sustains more damage?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Munich.

4. Greatly reducing the fat content of ________ could have and immediate effect on the nation's kids, according to the author.
(a) Steak.
(b) Fried chicken.
(c) Happy Meals.
(d) Chocolate sundaes.

5. Which packing house owner is one of the two people from Colorado to be put on President Nixon's enemy list?
(a) Horace Greeley.
(b) Ken Monfort.
(c) Mike Harper.
(d) Nathan Meeker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1988, a panel from which organization warns that the nation's public health infrastructure is in serious disarray, limiting its ability to track or prevent the spread of newly emerging pathogens?

2. Cattle manure is not sent to waste treatment plants but dumped into ______.

3. Who announces that it is putting a new restaurant in every Wal-Mart in Germany?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the vegetarian community react when it is brought to light that there is a beef additive in the McDonald's french fries?

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

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

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

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

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