Quiz on Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

How does the fast food business affect farmers who have small farms?

• It has different effects on small farmers

• It does not affect small farmers

• It helps small farmers

• It hurts small farmers

How does the fast food place change how much money its workers get?

• It doesn't change how much money workers get

• It always makes workers get more money

• It changes based on the specific fast food place and where it is.

• It always makes workers get less money

What happens to a town when a fast food restaurant opens there?

• It creates jobs, brings in money from taxes, but might hurt local shops

• Less people are jobless, local shops sell more, and people are healthier

• Less money comes from taxes, more competition for local shops, but people are healthier

• More jobs are available, less money from taxes, but people are healthier

How does fast food ads change the way people buy things?

• Fast food ads make people buy less fast food

• Fast food ads don't change how people buy things

• Fast food ads make people want fast food because it's quick, cheap, and makes them happy, so they buy more.

• People don't care about fast food ads

How does the fast food business help a country's money situation?

• It takes away jobs, lowers tax money, and slows down people's spending.

• It causes people to lose jobs, lowers tax money, and slows down people's spending.

• It doesn't change the money situation.

• It makes jobs, brings in tax money, and makes people spend more.

Let's talk about how eating a lot of fast food can change how much we spend on doctors and medicine.

• Eating a lot of fast food can make us sick with things like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. This means we have to spend more money on doctors and medicine.

• Eating fast food can actually make us spend less money on doctors and medicine.

• Eating fast food doesn't change how much we spend on doctors and medicine.

• There's no proof that eating fast food can make us sick.

What job does the fast food business do in the world's money system?

• Makes less jobs and money

• Does not change trade between countries

• Adds to jobs, money, and trade between countries

• Makes the world's money system smaller

Explain how the fast food industry getting bigger and having more control affects the economy.

• More competition, lower prices for people buying, and less control over suppliers and workers.

• Less competition, lower prices for people buying, and less control over suppliers and workers.

• Less competition, possibility of higher prices for people buying, and more control over suppliers and workers.

• No change in competition, prices, or control over suppliers and workers.

How does the fast food business change the cost of farm goods?

• Making the need for farm goods less

• Making people want specific ingredients

• Making more farm goods available

• Not changing the cost of farm goods at all

Talk about how rules for fast food places can change how much money the government has.

• The government spends less money on helping sick people

• The government gives less money to help buy healthy food

• Money spent on making sure rules are followed and money made from fines

• More money made from taxes on fast food sales