A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser
Question 8 • RMA FL-1001370-English 3 Semester 2
Which of the following pieces of evidence from Fast Food Nation best supports the author’s claim that teenagers are the ideal candidates for working in the fast food industry?
Answer
A
And it gives fast food companies an enormous amount of power over their employees.
B
Since most teenagers still lived at home, they could afford to work for wages too low to support an adult, and until recently, their limited skills attracted few other employers.
C
Workers at the counter are told to increase the size of an order by recommending special promotions, pushing dessert, pointing out the financial logic behind the purchase of a larger drink.
D
A McDonald’s kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do.