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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 1980 Education Act eliminates government subsidies for ___________.

2. What has the upheaval caused by fundamental changes that sweep the meat-packing industry come to be known as?

3. Who announces that it is putting a new restaurant in every Wal-Mart in Germany?

4. The Internet at the heart of today's economy started out as what?

5. What does McDonald's call its hope for the conquest of foreign markets?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does World War I destroy the culture of Plauen, Germany?

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

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. Why do meatpacking workers routinely develop cumulative trauma disorders?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is grain-fed beef preferable to grass-fed beef?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who benefits from "conservation easements"? Why? What type of rancher faces the most economic difficulty in light of population growth and larger companies having captive supplies? Why? What other advantages do large companies have over smaller ranchers?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the inherent conflict of interest between franchisees and franchisors. Include references to the way in which Subway obtains franchisees and the concept of encroachment.

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