A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser

Question 1

Which three reasons does Schlosser give to support his claim that the fast-food industry resembles the manufacturing business? Check the box next to each correct answer.Both industries promote “throughput.”Both industries value teenage workers.Both industries stress consistency and standardization.Workers are interchangeable. McDonald’s was based on the idea of “throughput” since its business began.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Both industries promote “throughput.”; C: Both industries stress consistency and standardization.; D: Workers are interchangeable.

Question 2

What claim does this passage support? Young employees are more skilled at fast-food work than adult workers.The fast-food industry considers teenagers to be ideal employees. Fast-food jobs require tasks that adolescents are best equipped to handle.Adult gymnasts are more capable than teenage ones.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: The fast-food industry considers teenagers to be ideal employees.

Question 3

The Fast Food Nation excerpt begins with a description of a teen fast-food worker. This is an example of evidence.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: anecdotal

Question 4

The anecdote supports Schlosser’s claim by suggesting thatteens are a mainstay of the fast-food workforce. teens work long, hard hours in fast food.a small number of workers can quickly serve customers.the fast-food industry requires younger workers than other industries do.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: teens are a mainstay of the fast-food workforce.

Question 5

What type of evidence does Schlosser use in this passage? Fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from Bugsy Malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults. —Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: analogical

Question 6

What makes the evidence effective? Check all of the boxes that apply.It helps the reader better visualize just how many young people work in the fast-food industry.It compares the fast-food industry to the filmmaking industry.It shows that adults make better fast-food employees than teens.It supports the reasoning that the fast-food industry values a younger workforce over adult workers.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: It helps the reader better visualize just how many young people work in the fast-food industry.; D: It supports the reasoning that the fast-food industry values a younger workforce over adult workers.

Question 7

What counterclaim does Schlosser mention?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: It teaches basic job skills to people whose lives are chaotic.

Question 8

According to Schlosser, this counterclaim is flawed because fast-food workers refuse to unionize.the fast-food industry’s stance on benefits suggests it does not care about workers.many employers care about their workers.the fast-food industry has a large amount of control over individual franchisees.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: the fast-food industry’s stance on benefits suggests it does not care about workers.

Question 9

Which three reasons does Schlosser give to support his claim that the fast-food industry resembles the manufacturing business? Check the box next to each correct answer.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Both industries promote “throughput.”; C: Both industries stress consistency and standardization.; D: Workers are interchangeable.

Question 10

What claim does this passage support?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: The fast-food industry considers teenagers to be ideal employees.

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