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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.
(a) Less food
(b) More tips
(c) To stop driving
(d) Another job

3. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.
(a) Middle class
(b) Upper class
(c) Lower class
(d) Non-

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is a city in which Barbara is afraid she might be recognized, so she looks for work in a nearby city.

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

3. Barbara's father had been a _____________; her uncles and grandfathers worked in the mines or for the Union Pacific.

4. What did Barbara fear employers would think she was if she were to put the PhD on her resumes and applications?

5. Barbara admits that at the end of the project, she did break down and ____________, stealthily, though, and never within hearing of management.

Short Essay Questions

1. How much does Barbara think she will have to make in order to pay her rent and for food during her stay in Florida?

2. How long a period of time will the author spend in each location?

3. Why does Barbara want to take on the assignment she actually suggested be done?

4. What are some of the other reasons why Barbara doesn't really want to take on the assignment of working for minimum wage?

5. What statement does the author make which leads to her getting the assignment to write this book?

6. Once Barbara begins to let go of her elitist attitude, what does she realize about the workers around her?

7. What does Barbara think, at the start of the experiment, will be the biggest challenge during this assignment?

8. If things get too rough during this experiment, what does Barbara say she will do in order to feel herself or to support herself?

9. What happens if Barbara thinks she will have to go homeless, even for one night during this experiment?

10. What does the bad tempered cook like to do sometimes back in the kitchen, according to Barbara?

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