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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. Rich Conway helps run which family business?

2. What is now the favorite drink among Chinese children?

3. In 1993, who becomes the first Latino head of the UFCW in Packingtown (Chicago)?

4. What are the knee high rubber boots that the author puts on before entering the meatpacking plant?

5. What item collected from restaurants in 1997 is banned from being fed to cattle by the FDA?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sandra Gallegos disagree with Lee Harding's assumption that he got E. coli poisoning from a chicken taco at a Mexican restaurant?

2. Why is Red Top Restaurant a good place to work?

3. According to anthropologist, Yunxiang Yan, what does McDonald's represent for Beijing customers?

4. Why do meatpacking workers routinely develop cumulative trauma disorders?

5. How does the vegetarian community react when it is brought to light that there is a beef additive in the McDonald's french fries?

6. Why is the impact of fast food readily apparent in Germany?

7. What does one of Dale Lasater's grandfather's do to fight against the Beef Trust?

8. How does the McDonald's Corporation review Fast Food Nation?

9. How are most jobs performed in the beef industry and how is it different than the poultry industry?

10. What is the difference between good E.coli and bad E. coli?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who benefits from "conservation easements"? Why? What type of rancher faces the most economic difficulty in light of population growth and larger companies having captive supplies? Why? What other advantages do large companies have over smaller ranchers?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the life of the rancher has changed since the days of the Wild West. Ho does the impact of new ranching techniques and the development of big cattle companies affect ranching?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the inherent conflict of interest between franchisees and franchisors. Include references to the way in which Subway obtains franchisees and the concept of encroachment.

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