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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say recently happened to Bill Niman just before the publication of this book?
(a) He was arrested and investigated for fraud.
(b) He was promoted to CEO of his company.
(c) He was forced to close down his company.
(d) He was forced out by the board of his company.

3. About how long do broiler chickens live before they are typically slaughtered?
(a) 39-42 days.
(b) 24-26 days.
(c) 76-78 days.
(d) 60-62 days.

4. What disease killed Lam Hoi-ka?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) AIDS virus.
(d) H5N1 virus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to government estimages obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, approximately how many chickens go alive and conscious into the scalding tank?

2. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

3. What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?

4. What was Nicolette Niman's former profession?

5. According to a study published in Consumer Reports, what percent of all chicken meat (including organic and antibiotic-free brands) is infected with either campylobacter or salmonella at the time of purchase?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Bill Niman's history. What led him to establish Niman Ranch?

2. Describe the different points in processing where contamination often occurs.

3. Discuss the practices of branding, debudding, and castration. Are these practices regarded as cruel? Why or why not?

4. What meat industry does the author consider to be the most ethically upstanding? Why?

5. How does the author describe the workers and working conditions of chicken slaughterhouses?

6. What is Bill Niman's response to Bruce Friedrich's transcript in the book?

7. What are the benefits and the detriments of the water-immersion system in poultry production?

8. What is the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and when was it enacted?

9. How does the author describe the genetic engineering in broiler foul in "The Life and Death of a Bird"?

10. In what ways does Bruce Friedrich contest Nicolette Niman's transcript in the book?

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