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/           QUESTIONS:
/
/1.  PETER SCHEIDT GOT INTO THE BUSINESS OF RAISING WORMS
/THROUGH HIS SEARCH FOR (A) A HOBBY (B) A MEANS OF
/OBTAINING A MODEST LIVING WITHOUT TOO MUCH WORK
/(C) A MEANS OF MAKING A LOT OF MONEY QUICKLY (D) A MEANS
/OF GETTING RID OF SOME WORMS WHICH HAD BEEN TEARING UP
/HIS LAND
	A
/2.   PETE RAISES HIS WORMS IN (A) THE SOFT, WARM SOIL IN
/HIS BARNYARD (B) IN ONE OF HIS FIELDS (C) IN PITS LINED
/WITH SPECIAL MATERIAL (D) IN BLACK SOIL IN HIS GARDEN
	C
/3.   PETE OBTAINS MOST OF HIS WORMS BY (A) SEARCHING FOR
/THEM (B) PAYING BOYS TO FIND THEM FOR HIM (C) GETTING
/THEM FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET RID OF THEM (D) BREEDING
/THEM HIMSELF.
	D
/4.  PETE"S IDEA OF "KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE"
/INVOLVES (A) GETTING RID OF WORMS ON THE NEIGHBORS" LAND
/WHEN HE SELLS THEM (B) RAISING GRAPES NEAR THE BREEDING
/SOIL (C) FERTILIZING NEIGHBORS" GARDENS WITH WORMS HE IS
/RAISING (D) RAISING VEGETABLES IN THE BREEDING SOIL
	B
/5.  THE YOUNG CHEMICAL ENGINEER WHO VISITED PETE SCHEIDT
/(A) BOUGHT A LOT OF WORMS (B) WROTE A PAPER ON WORM
/BREEDING (C) GAVE PETE VALUABLE ADVICE ON THE CHEMISTRY
/OF SOILS (D) SET UP ANOTHER FARM NEXT TO PETE"S.
	A
/6.  THE MARKET FOR PETE"S WORMS (A) EXTENDS ALL OVER
/THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (B) IS LOCAL (C) HAS TO BE
/KEPT TO A SMALL AREA BECAUSE WORMS WOULD DIE IF SHIPPED
/LONG DISTANCES (D) IS KEPT IN THE UNITED STATES BY LAWS
/WHICH PROHIBIT SHIPMENT OF WORMS OVER NATIONAL BORDERS
	A
/7.  PETE HAS FOUND THAT THE DEMAND FOR HIS WORMS
/(A) HAS FALLEN OFF LATELY (B) WAS NOT GOOD WHEN HE BEGAN
/HIS BUSINESS BUT HAS IMPROVED (C) IS SO GREAT HE CAN"T
/KEEP UP WITH IT (D) WOULD BE BETTER IF HE DIDN"T HAVE SO
/MUCH COMPETITION
	C
/8.  THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB THAT PETE FACES IN HIS WORK
/IS (A) BREEDING THE WORMS (B) COUNTING THEM FOR SHIPMENT
/(C) HIRING HELP (D) FINDING CUSTOMERS
	B
/9.   PETE GIVES SOME REASONS FOR THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
/NOT MORE FISHWORM FARMERS IN AMERICA. ONE OF THESE 
/IS (A) IT IS A SQUEAMISH BUSINESS (B) IT IS DIFFICULT TO
/RAISE WORMS EFFICIENTLY (C) THE MARKET IS NOT LARGE
/ENOUGH FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCERS (D) RAISING WORMS
/REQUIRES TOO MUCH HIRED HELP
	A
/10.  ONE OF THE MANY ADVANTAGES THAT PETE SCHEIDT"S FARM
/HAS OVER MORE CONVENTIONAL FARMS IS THAT (A) HIS MACH-
/INERY LASTS LONGER (B) HE CAN DO ALL TE WORK HIMSELF
/(C) HE DOES NOT NEED TO WATER HIS CROP (D) HE IS FREE OF
/GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
	D



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