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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. What is the made-up name for the apartments that Barbara finally finds in Minnesota?
(a) Blue Gill
(b) Blue Waters
(c) Waterside
(d) Twin Lakes

2. According tot he ACLU, the process of drug testing ___________ improve the chances of screening out addicts.
(a) Does not
(b) Does
(c) Can
(d) Will greatly

3. _____________ is a woman who simply picked up and moved to Florida because she heard the rents were better than New Jersey.
(a) Caroline
(b) Dawn
(c) Milly
(d) Margerie

4. Where does Barbara rent a room until she is able to find housing that will work for her?
(a) Howard Johnson
(b) Holiday Inn
(c) Motel 6
(d) Super 8

5. What does Barbara continue to look for since she does not know the result of her drug test?
(a) Drug pass kits
(b) Things to do
(c) Food
(d) Work

Short Answer Questions

1. The author meets a prissy woman who tracks her baby's _______________ with the help of a chart.

2. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.

3. At the Wal-Mart job fair, Barbara fills out a long test which seems to push her into claiming total ___________ and complete obedience.

4. What costs $10 to use when she is staying at the Clearview Inn before her apartment will be ready?

5. Nobody seems to make eye contact, Barbara notes, when she applies at _____________, which strikes her as weird.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the titles that Wal-Mart wants its employees to think of themselves as?

2. What does the unattractive young cook at the elder care facility reveal to Barbara as they are out on a smoke break?

3. When Barbara's skin breaks out in an odd rash, what does her boss seem to think the problem is?

4. What is the one upside of the Twin Lakes apartment that compels Barbara to sign up for a lease there?

5. What is the one line of work that Barbara does not even apply for since she does not have the proper clothing?

6. What does Barbara do as the focus of her job at Wal-Mart, as it becomes clearer on the first shift?

7. What is Barbara's living arrangement when she first gets into town in Minneapolis?

8. Why so the Maids think that the job they are offering is easy for someone to learn and to do?

9. What does the author do on a night when she has nothing to do and no money to spend on entertainment?

10. What comes in the emergency food package that Barbara eventually gets from the Community Emergency Assistance Program?

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