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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. How high can the percentage of cattle that carries E. coli O157:H7 get in the summer?
2. 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?
3. What chemicals described in The Jungle are used to disguise the smell of spoiled beef?
4. Which company's name translates to "partnership with the land"?
5. The annual bonuses of plant foremen and supervisors are often based on what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the main reasons that most migrant workers look for meatpacking jobs in America?
2. What does one of Dale Lasater's grandfather's do to fight against the Beef Trust?
3. What new production method developed by IBP causes skilled, unionized supermarket butchers to be fired?
4. Why is Red Top Restaurant a good place to work?
5. Why does the author say that the "market" is a tool?
6. What is the scariest job performed by the late-night cleaning crew and why?
7. What percentage of the American population suffers a bout of food poisoning each year?
8. What was the most popular meat in America before World War II and why did that change?
9. Why does Sandra Gallegos disagree with Lee Harding's assumption that he got E. coli poisoning from a chicken taco at a Mexican restaurant?
10. Why do meatpacking workers routinely develop cumulative trauma disorders?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What effect does IBP have on the meat-packing industry? How does the nature of labor change in the meat-packing industry? Who are the major players involved and how does their involvement contribute to the company's getting into legal trouble?
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
Describe the role of different food additives in the processed food industry. Why do additives become important? What kinds of additives are used and where do they come from?
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