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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 does Simplot's Lincoln Continental license plate say?
(a) U 8 T8EZ.
(b) STARCHY.
(c) MR. SPUD.
(d) FRYMAN.

2. At the "Success" seminar, what is the prize for winning the dance contest?
(a) A car.
(b) A trip to Disneyland.
(c) A paid guest spot on a "Success" commercial.
(d) A home stereo system.

3. What is phosphate used for in potato farming?
(a) Preservatives.
(b) Pesticide.
(c) Irrigation.
(d) Fertilizer.

4. What technology firm does Simplot invest in in 1980?
(a) Hewlett Packard.
(b) Apple.
(c) Micron Technology.
(d) Microsoft.

5. Walt Disney buys 160 acres of what in Anaheim to build Disneyland?
(a) Orange Groves.
(b) Swamp land.
(c) Desert wasteland.
(d) Bird sanctuary land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of clothing does someone not see at Harrison High School now?

2. What is the nickname for the McDonald's operations and training manual assembled by Fred Turner in 1958?

3. What do the McDonald brothers call their system of service?

4. For more than three decades, the fast food industry uses what federal agency to finance new restaurants?

5. Which company's catch phrase is "supermarket to the world"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors may have contributed to the rancher Hank's suicide?

2. What causes the wide gulf between Colorado Springs and Pueblo?

3. What odd mix of traits makes J.R. Simplot so successful?

4. Why does Dave Feamster get into business owning a Little Caesar's?

5. How are poultry contracts constructed?

6. Why does Colorado Springs gain a series of new military bases after World War II?

7. Why are teenagers perfect candidates for working in the fast food industry?

8. Why does Carl's Jr. stock fall during the 1980's?

9. What happens when a franchise operator fails to follow the McDonald's operation and training manual?

10. What is a development agent?

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