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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Americans eat how many times more chickens than they did 80 years ago?

2. By what name does the author refer to the USDA inspector at Paradise Locker Meats?

3. How much money did the National Pork Producers Council say that acid-ridden, bleached, mushy flesh cost the industry in 1992?

4. What does Nicolette Niman say is the one thing their ranch does that she is uncomfortable with?

5. Who has been the leading scientist investigating energy usage in food production, according to Bill Niman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What infections are common in factory-farmed poultry? How common are they?

4. Discuss the use of antibiotics in livestock. How much antibiotics are spent on livestock each year?

5. How is the concept of nature developed as a theme in Eating Animals?

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

7. Why does the author discuss the 1918 flu pandemic?

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

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

10. When and where was Niman Ranch established? What are the missions of the company?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of domesticated poultry from early domestication to today. How have our relationships with animals changed over time? What has caused those changes? How have our connections with our food's origins transitioned?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks to having an omnivorous diet. How has having an omnivorous diet changed in the past 50 years? What are the most prevalent meats eaten in the U.S.? What health factors are discussed in the book regarding eating meat?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's relationship with his grandmother and the influences that his grandmother had on him. How did her perseverance during the war inspire the author? What was her relationship to food? How is the story about the Russian farmer relevant to the themes of the book?

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