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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the text means of the nature of being a model?
(a) Paradigmatic.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Antagonistic.

2. What is the profession of the one full-time local government employee in Brevig Mission?
(a) A park ranger.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A financial administrator.
(d) A postal delivery person.

3. What is the second leading cause of death in the U.S.?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Automobile accidents.

4. Who is the PETA member whose transcript refutes the ideas of Nicolette Niman in the text?
(a) Mario Fantasma.
(b) Dr. Aaron Gross.
(c) R. K. Pachauri.
(d) Bruce Friedrich.

5. Who has been the leading scientist investigating energy usage in food production, according to Bill Niman?
(a) R. K. Pachauri.
(b) Dr. Aaron Gross.
(c) Mario Fantasma.
(d) David Pimentel.

6. From where did Bill Niman's father immigrate to America?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

7. The author claims that Bill, Paul, Nicolette, and Frank are the kind of people that the president should consult when selecting what?
(a) A secretary of agriculture.
(b) A secretary of justice.
(c) A secretary of state.
(d) A secretary of ethics.

8. How far is the drive Bolinas from San Francisco?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

9. What does the "H" stand for when naming viruses such as H1 and H3?
(a) Hematopeoiesis.
(b) Hemagglutinin.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Hemoglobin.

10. Approximately how many chickens arrive at the slaughterhouse with freshly broken bones as a result of rough treatment and bad genetics?
(a) 10%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 15%.

11. Whose provocative review of The Omnivore's Dilemma is cited in the text?
(a) James Anderson's.
(b) Dr. Aaron Gross's.
(c) B. R. Myers's.
(d) R. K. Pachauri's.

12. What is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Polio.
(c) A factory explosion.
(d) The Spanish flu.

13. What is another word for slaughterhouse that the author uses in the book?
(a) Oubliette.
(b) Abattoir.
(c) Crux.
(d) Cornet.

14. What was Nicolette Niman's former profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Stock broker.
(c) History professor.
(d) Lawyer.

15. What work refers to a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans?
(a) Zoonotic.
(b) Amorphous.
(c) Metamorphic.
(d) Catalytic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bill Niman grow up working at the family grocery store?

2. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

3. What is the population of Balinas, California?

4. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year in the U.S.?

5. According to the author, at the end of the day, factory farming is about what?

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