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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?
(a) Nine.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

2. What is the approximate annual budget of Farm Sanctuary?
(a) $4 million.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $10 million.

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

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

5. How many animals at the Berlin zoo survived the Allied air raids in 1942?
(a) 541.
(b) 65.
(c) 121.
(d) 91.

6. At about what age is the modern broiler chicken killed?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six weeks.

7. What British naturalist wrote of a pig who could open gates in 1789?
(a) Sir Keith Thomas.
(b) Frank Reese.
(c) Gilbert White.
(d) Gene Gaur.

8. Approximately when were chickens domesticated?
(a) 2,000 BCE.
(b) 5,000 BCE.
(c) 8,000 BCE.
(d) 6,000 BCE.

9. In how many U.S. states is it legal to eat dog?
(a) 9.
(b) 32.
(c) 44.
(d) 16.

10. How many more times in volume of greenhouse gases do omnivores contribute than vegans?
(a) Five times the volume.
(b) Three times the volume.
(c) Seven times the volume.
(d) Two times the volume.

11. What ancient Greek physician praised dog meat as a source of strength?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aristotle.

12. What did the author's grandmother describe filling her pants with when she was young during the war?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Peas.

13. What word from the book refers to someone who attempts to convert or recruit someone?
(a) Aggrandizers.
(b) Arsonists.
(c) Proselytizers.
(d) Antagonists.

14. What did the author's grandmother's family always eat for Shabbat?
(a) Roasted turkey.
(b) Chicken and soup with noodles.
(c) Rice with sauteed vegetables.
(d) Potatoe pancakes.

15. The author claims that upwards of what percentage of all animals eaten in the U.S. come from factory farms?
(a) 75%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 85%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author change his college major to in his sophomore year?

2. What does CFE stand for?

3. The author states in the opening of the book that Americans choose to eat less than what percentage of known edible food on the planet?

4. What prominent animal physiologist discovered the lateralization of avian brains?

5. The author asserts that in his family's tradition, food serves two purposes. It nourishes and it does what?

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