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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many gallons of blood does a cow have?
(a) 4.6 gallons.
(b) 6.3 gallons.
(c) 5.5 gallons.
(d) 3.4 gallons.

2. Approximately how many pounds of antibiotics are given to livestock each year in the U.S., according to the industry?
(a) 17.8 million pounds.
(b) 4.5 million pounds.
(c) 16.5 million pounds.
(d) 12.4 million pounds.

3. How many species of pigs have been counted by taxonomists?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

4. What cow did Michael Pollan purchase and follow its life?
(a) #254.
(b) #12.
(c) #623.
(d) #534.

5. What does the NDC stand for?
(a) The National Dietary Council.
(b) The National Dairy Council.
(c) National Disease Control.
(d) The Network of Dietary Clinicians.

6. What bestselling book by Michael Pollan traces the life of an industry-raised beef cow?
(a) Meatonomics.
(b) The Omnivore's Dilemma.
(c) The Meat Racket.
(d) Slaughterhouse.

7. By what name does the author refer to the USDA inspector at Paradise Locker Meats?
(a) Doc.
(b) Sal.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jeb.

8. What was the source of the 1918 flu pandemic?
(a) Swine influenza.
(b) Ecoli.
(c) Avian influenza.
(d) Ebola.

9. What livestock industry is, according to the author, by far the most ethically impressive segment of the meat industry?
(a) The pork industry.
(b) The egg industry.
(c) The beef industry.
(d) The poultry industry.

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

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

12. How long (at the time of the book's publication) has it been since the last pandemic?
(a) Over 50 years.
(b) About 16 years.
(c) About 25 years.
(d) Over 40 years.

13. When did President Eisenhower sign the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1962.

14. Where is Paradise Locker Meats located?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Missouri.

15. What is the population of Balinas, California?
(a) 7,200.
(b) 4,673.
(c) 145.
(d) 2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Temple Grandin conduct an industrywide audit and conclude that the vast majority of slaughterhouses were unable to regularly render cattle unconscious with a single blow?

2. The author claims that Bill, Paul, Nicolette, and Frank are the kind of people that the president should consult when selecting what?

3. What is another term used to refer to the 1918 flu epidemic?

4. What newspaper received a video of cruelty to cattle at a slaughterhouse along with signed affidavits alleging the violations on the tape were commonplace?

5. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

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