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

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

3. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?
(a) New Yorker
(b) New York Times
(c) NY Gazette
(d) New England Journal

4. Barbara is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.
(a) False life
(b) Number of children
(c) Work life
(d) Husband

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara realizes that her use of a car is different as many minimum wage workers have to use _________ to get around.

2. Barbara begins to realize that minimum wage workers are no less ____________ or intelligent than she is.

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

4. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.

5. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.

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