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

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

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Introduction: Getting Ready".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Barbara fear employers would think she was if she were to put the PhD on her resumes and applications?
(a) Reporter
(b) Druggie
(c) Alcoholic
(d) Actress

2. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.
(a) Pain
(b) Poverty
(c) Inauthenticity
(d) Risk

3. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."
(a) Writing
(b) Journalism
(c) Investigation
(d) Experiment

4. Who is Barbara Ehrenreich's editor, the one who assigns her the story that became this book?
(a) Joseph Truman
(b) Lewis Lapham
(c) Louis Lanston
(d) Stu Manshet

5. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.
(a) $10.00
(b) $6.50
(c) $7.50
(d) $8.89

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.

2. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

3. Barbara makes the common that the ____________ is too low and that someone used to more should try to live with it.

4. What is Barbara's PhD in, according to her own admittance?

5. Barbara is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.

(see the answer key)

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