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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Few months
(b) Month
(c) Week
(d) Year

2. The author also doesn't want to live in an _____________ building when she is off on her assignment.
(a) Apartment
(b) Ill built
(c) Illuminated
(d) Inferior

3. Barbara notes that her sister constantly complained about the hopelessness of being a ____________.
(a) Wage slave
(b) Waitress
(c) Minimum wage worker
(d) Woman

4. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.
(a) Liberal
(b) Long-winded
(c) Curse-filled
(d) Marxist

5. Barbara admits she has two things going for her as a minimum wage worker - she is ________ and she is a native English speaker.
(a) White
(b) Woman
(c) Available
(d) Educated

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara does admit that she modified her __________ when she was new at the job and wanted to fit in.

2. Who is Barbara Ehrenreich's editor, the one who assigns her the story that became this book?

3. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.

4. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.

5. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.

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