A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser — Quiz
Question 5 • English Language Arts 11
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation . Cooking instructions are not only printed in the manual, they are often designed into the machines. A McDonald’s kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do. The evidence presented in this excerpt best supports the author’s claim that
Answer
A
fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor.
B
technology has helped improve the fast food industry.
C
the workers’ limited skills have forced fast food employers to rely on machines instead of people.