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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. What was the source of the 1918 flu pandemic?
2. According to the National Chicken Council how many chickens are improperly slaughtered each year?
3. 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?
4. Who runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
5. By what name does the author refer to the USDA inspector at Paradise Locker Meats?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the workers and working conditions of chicken slaughterhouses?
2. Why does the author discuss the 1918 flu pandemic?
3. What are the benefits and the detriments of the water-immersion system in poultry production?
4. What is the justification provided by the author of the transcript in "I Am A Vegan Who Builds Slaughterhouses"?
5. What is Bill Niman's response to Bruce Friedrich's transcript in the book?
6. How does the author describe the setup of the second farm he visited with C in "The Life and Death of a Bird"?
7. Why does the author admire Frank Reese?
8. What company does Frank Reese run? What does it specialize in?
9. Who is Lam Hoi-ka and why is he significant?
10. Discuss the practices of branding, debudding, and castration. Are these practices regarded as cruel? Why or why not?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and discuss the following terms from the text: free-range, organic, kosher, and grass-fed. How much legitimacy does the author lend to each of these terms? Which of these terms are deemed misleading by the author? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the company Paradise Locker Meats. Where is it located? What service does it supply? What did the author learn when touring this facility?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the life of a broiler chicken in an industrial farm. Where would the chicken be born? Where would it grow up? What would its surrounding be like? How long would it live? What would the conditions of its life be like?
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