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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many animals are housed at the Berlin zoo today?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 15,000.

2. Approximately how many chickens does the author claim KFC purchases every year?
(a) Over five billion.
(b) Almost two million.
(c) Almost 9 million.
(d) Almost one billion.

3. Shrimp trawling accounts for what percentage of global bycatch?
(a) 33%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 12%.

4. How much flower does the author describe finding in the basement of his 90-year-old grandmother's home?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 30 pounds.

5. What dog breed was the principal food species of the Aztecs?
(a) Brazilian Terrier.
(b) Chihuahua.
(c) Doberman.
(d) Mexican Hairless.

6. The author asserts that in his family's tradition, food serves two purposes. It nourishes and it does what?
(a) Calms the soul.
(b) It helps you remember.
(c) Gives you groundedness.
(d) Soothes weary spirits.

7. When was Farm Sanctuary founded?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1982.

8. What does the author call the bread of his people's affliction?
(a) Pita.
(b) Pumpernickel.
(c) Challah.
(d) Matzo.

9. What did the author's grandmother's family have every Friday to eat?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Ice cream sundaes.
(c) Muffins.
(d) Pancakes.

10. What word from the text refers to the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe?
(a) Anthropodeism.
(b) Anthropomonism.
(c) Anthropocentrism.
(d) Anthropomorphism.

11. What beverage did the author's grandmother often push him to drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Coke.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Water.

12. When was the polar bear Knut born?
(a) September 3, 2003.
(b) December 5, 2006.
(c) July 7, 2007.
(d) March 12, 1999.

13. Over how many land animals are slaughtered for food every year in America?
(a) 1 billion.
(b) 5 billion.
(c) 10 billion.
(d) 16 billion.

14. What word from the text refers to the urge to project human experience onto other animals?
(a) Anthropodeism.
(b) Anthropomonism.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Anthropocentrism.

15. Of what ethno-religious heritage does the author descend?
(a) Amish.
(b) Sikh.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the approximate annual budget of Farm Sanctuary?

2. What did the author's grandmother's family always eat for Shabbat?

3. About how many species of animals are housed at the Berlin zoo?

4. Where was the author living when he and his wife came upon George?

5. What kind of meat did the farmer bring to the author's grandmother when she was starving at the end of the war?

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