Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Serving in Florida".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?
(a) Her husband
(b) PhD
(c) Her hometown
(d) Her daughters

2. When the drug testing is supposed to begin, the employees speculate that it is _________ who is guilty of the drug issue.
(a) Stu
(b) Gail
(c) Billy
(d) Joseph

3. Barbara certainly does not want to do hard ________ labor when she is working at her new jobs.
(a) Mental
(b) Physical
(c) Slave
(d) Outside

4. What is Barbara punished with when she points out that a manager is calling one of his employees by the incorrect name?
(a) Extra work
(b) Reduced wages
(c) Loss of tips
(d) Being sent home early

5. Barbara realizes that her use of a car is different as many minimum wage workers have to use _________ to get around.
(a) Friends
(b) Buses
(c) Streets
(d) Their legs

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of the restaurant is locked up when it is assumed that the dishwasher is stealing from the restaurant?

2. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.

3. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.

4. When Barbara is paired up with Carlie on her first shift, Carlie is angry they have 19 _________ to swab down in just one shift.

5. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

(see the answer key)

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