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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Colorado has lost how many acres of ranch land to development in the last twenty years?

2. In 1973, what causes the fast food industry to temporarily lose stock value?

3. What machine does Simplot buy to dehydrate onions?

4. At the writing of this book, which company manufactures the latest new, bright red potato harvesting equipment?

5. In 1941, hundreds of Disney animators go on strike, expressing support for what organization?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dave Feamster get into business owning a Little Caesar's?

2. How are poultry contracts constructed?

3. Besides his success in the food business, what else has contributed to J.R. Simplot's wealth?

4. Why does Colorado Springs gain a series of new military bases after World War II?

5. Why is the automobile industry not content with just reaping the rewards of government-subsidized road construction?

6. According to one account, why does the deal to put McDonald's in Disneyland initially fall through?

7. Why does Carl's Jr. stock fall during the 1980's?

8. In James Dobson's (Focus on the Family founder) opinion, how should children be raised?

9. What happens when a franchise operator fails to follow the McDonald's operation and training manual?

10. How do the patterns of land ownership in the American West seem to closely resemble those of rural England?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the plight of the Idaho potato farmer. How does the potato industry evolve in the twentieth century? Who are the major players involved in changing the potato industry? How does the development of potatoes into a bulk commodity affect the farmer?

Essay Topic 2

How do fast food companies market products to children? In what ways do companies maximize their products' exposure to kids once they become interested? What are some of the categories of "juvenile nagging tactics"? How are parents marketed to to maximize the child market?

Essay Topic 3

What effect does Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, have on the meat-packing industry? What is Sinclair's intended effect in writing the book? What type of legislation is passed as a result of his book's publication?

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