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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. Cattle remains that were previously fed to cattle are now fed to _____.

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

3. Which is the only state in the union to allow companies to leave the worker's comp system and set up its own system for dealing with injuries?

4. At the writing of this book, who is the current CEO of McDonald's Corporation?

5. Which room in the meatpacking plant contains machines that assemble cardboard boxes and vacuum seal meat in plastic?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the problems McDonald's is having with expansion resemble those of the British Empire a century ago?

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

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

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

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

8. What percentage of the American population suffers a bout of food poisoning each year?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe how the life of the rancher has changed since the days of the Wild West. Ho does the impact of new ranching techniques and the development of big cattle companies affect ranching?

Essay Topic 3

How did Mike Harper of ConAgra manipulate the Nebraska tax code? Which governor was involved? What tax breaks did he want? How do these breaks help other companies? What threat did he make if his demands were not met? What did he do after he got everything he wanted?

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