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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. The sections of beef known as chucks, loins, ribs, and rounds are known as _______.

2. Which packing house owner is one of the two people from Colorado to be put on President Nixon's enemy list?

3. Eggs are regulated by what federal agency?

4. Where do some meatpacking workers cook little bits of meat on a shift?

5. What chemicals described in The Jungle are used to disguise the smell of spoiled beef?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the difference between good E.coli and bad E. coli?

8. According to the author, what is one of President George W. Bush's first acts in office?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Henry Ford's assembly line style of production affects evolution of service in the fast food industry. What restaurant chains espouse this method of production? Why is it so effective?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the culture in San Bernardino after World War II. Illustrate the dichotomy between the McDonald's philosophy and the presence of the Hell's Angels. What are the values of each? What are some of the trappings of each aspect of the culture?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author compare the appearance of bacterium Escherichia coli O157:H7 to the outbreak of the AIDS virus? Include when each first appeared, its affects on its victims, and how each can lie dormant for years, and what conditions have made it possible for each to thrive.

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