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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chemicals described in The Jungle are used to disguise the smell of spoiled beef?
(a) Chlorine bleach and water.
(b) Fluoride and sodium.
(c) Glycerine and borax.
(d) Hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride.

2. Which is the only state in the union to allow companies to leave the worker's comp system and set up its own system for dealing with injuries?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Colorado.

3. The Internet at the heart of today's economy started out as what?
(a) A military communications network.
(b) A video game.
(c) A business ethernet.
(d) A spy network.

4. Plauen becomes part of the communist _______ after World War II.
(a) Coalition.
(b) Demilitarized zone.
(c) German Democratic Republic.
(d) Ideal.

5. The annual bonuses of plant foremen and supervisors are often based on what?
(a) Employee morale.
(b) Efficient production.
(c) Long hours.
(d) Low injury rate reports.

6. What item collected from restaurants in 1997 is banned from being fed to cattle by the FDA?
(a) Spoiled produce.
(b) Leftover cheese.
(c) Plate waste.
(d) Paper.

7. In 1993, who becomes the first Latino head of the UFCW in Packingtown (Chicago)?
(a) Alex Molnar.
(b) Simon Gutierrez.
(c) Ruben Ramirez.
(d) Ramon Vasquez.

8. Which kind of grass-fed, lower fat beef considered a gourmet item and may be less likely to spread E. coli?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Argentine.
(c) Kobe.
(d) Stockyard Special.

9. What illness caused by the toxin in E. coli O157-H7 can lead to kidney failure, anemia, internal bleeding, and the destruction of vital organs?
(a) Acrocallosal syndrome.
(b) Hemolytic uremic syndrome.
(c) Ardalan-Shoja-Kiuru syndrome.
(d) Tuberculosis.

10. At the writing of this book, who is the current CEO of McDonald's Corporation?
(a) Thomas Macon.
(b) Mike Eisner.
(c) Jack Greenberg.
(d) Ray Kroc.

11. What type of animal is a cow in that it eats primarily grass, and maybe grain, with multiple stomachs?
(a) A carnivore.
(b) A ruminant.
(c) A vegetarian.
(d) An hebivore.

12. Rich Conway helps run which family business?
(a) Red X grocery.
(b) Lasater Ranch.
(c) Monfort.
(d) Red Top Restaurant.

13. What is the other name for mad cow disease from the book?
(a) AQS.
(b) E. coli O157:H7.
(c) SARS.
(d) BSE.

14. In the 1920's, Plauen has the most millionaires in Germany and the most _____.
(a) Marriages.
(b) Suicides.
(c) Schitzel restaurants.
(d) Cattle.

15. Dale Lasater's father, Tom, dropped out of which college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Nathan Meeker in a dispute in 1879?

2. Which variant of mad cow disease literally destroys the brains of ten young people in Britain?

3. Chickens are regulated by what federal agency?

4. In what area of the packing plant do workers use a power saw to slice cattle into halves?

5. What is the job title of a worker in a packinghouse who pulls the stomach out of a steer and ties off the intestines?

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