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Omnivore's Dilemma Quiz
Author :
Thresa Timmermann
1.
What is the text structure of paragraph one?
A
Expository/Explanatory
B
Compare and Contrast
C
Problem and Solution
2.
What is the key concept paragraph one?
A
Explain how the food we eat is causing an epidemic of obesity and diabetes in America.
B
To promote a vegetarian diet.
C
To explain how the industrial farming is a bad way to raise cattle.
3.
Which sentence develops this key concept in paragraph one?
A
Adult-onset diabetes has been renamed Type II diabetes.
B
This health crisis costs the healthcare industry about $90 billion per year.
C
Today's children will have a shorter life span than their parents.
4.
What is the text structure of paragraph two?
A
Expository/explanatory
B
Narrative
C
Cause and Effect
5.
What is the key concept paragraph two?
A
The author gives data about how supersizing effects our health.
B
Ray Kroc invented supersizing meals.
C
The author tells a brief story of how David Wallerstein created supersized foods.
6.
What is the text structure of paragraph 3?
A
Cause and effect
B
Descriptive
C
Compare and contrast
7.
What is the key concept in paragraph 3?
A
The author compares and contrasts the cost of high calorie foods and low calorie foods.
B
The author describes how corn and soybean are the kings of farming.
C
The auhtor explains how organic food is produced.
8.
What sentence develops the key concept in paragraph 3?
A
"King Corn shoved the other plants and animals off the farm."
B
"In a typical supermarket, one dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips and cookies."
C
"The processed food industry has brought us corn in a thousand different forms."
9.
What sentence develops the key concept in paragraph 2?
A
"Movie theaters make most of their profits from their snack counters, not from ticket sales."
B
"It was Wallerstein's job to figure out how to sell more soda and popcorn."
C
"He thought he knew why: Going for seconds makes people feel piggish."
10.
Which text structure explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different?
A
Descriptive
B
Compare and contrast
C
Problem and solution