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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. Greatly reducing the fat content of ________ could have and immediate effect on the nation's kids, according to the author.

2. What was the name of the cat that died in Bristol, England of a feline variant of mad cow disease?

3. What are long-haired, working class German fans of American heavy metal music called in Plauen?

4. Which company required that meatpacking houses slaughter cattle more humanely or lose their business?

5. Who slits the neck of a steer every ten seconds in the meatpacking house?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does East German parliament member, Ernst Doerfler, call for a ban on McDonald's in East Germany?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the practices that get ConAgra Foods into legal trouble. Which aspects of their business are involved? How are they punished?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the sales pitch given to the city of Lexington, Nebraska by IBP to get citizens to allow a slaughterhouse be built there. How was this sales pitch a far cry from the reality that Lexington lives with today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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