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Jonathan Safran Foer, Let Them Eat Dog

Jonathan Safran Foer, Let Them Eat Dog

Read Let Them Eat Dog and check your comprehension by answering the following questions.Then “submit” your work.

1. What act discussed by Foer is legal in 44 states?

kissing your sister

jaywalking

shooting peacocks

eating dog

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons people eat dogs?

to overcome bad luck

because they taste good

to decrease sexual drive

for medicine

3. Finish the sentence: “Dog is

implausible food for an implausibly large population.”

a companion for the hungry.”

realistic food for realistic environmentalists.”

unsustainable food for unsustainable environments.”

4. Why does Foer suggest that dogs are a logical source of food?

because millions are euthanized annually thus wasting an excellent source of protein

because they can be easily farmed

because they exist in every continent

because they can be killed without causing pain or suffering

5. Finish the sentence: “Food is not

rational.”

habit.”

culture.”

identity.”