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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Preamble Center for Public Policy noted that the odds against a typical welfare recipient's landing a job at a ______ were about 97 to 1.

2. The manager, ________, yells at Barbara for a confused breakfast and a yuppie customer complains too.

3. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?

4. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."

5. What is Barbara punished with when she points out that a manager is calling one of his employees by the incorrect name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barbara find out about Gail and what she has to do when her boyfriend suddenly dies?

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

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

4. Describe the first apartment that Barbara finds when she is out looking for her first new 'home' for the assignment.

5. What is the one thing that Barbara says she will not mention as she is applying and working during this experiment?

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

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

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

9. What is surprising to Barbara about the many places to which she has applied for a job?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Barbara goes back and tells her coworkers what she was doing and who she is, the coworkers don't seem to have a reaction.

Part 1: Why do you think Barbara's coworkers didn't really notice Barbara as anyone different or special?

Part 2: Why do you think Barbara expected to be seen as different in some way?

Part 3: Were you surprised that the other coworkers didn't have a bigger reaction? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Many times, the workers Barbara is with seem resigned to the life in which they have been a part.

Part 1: Why do you think the workers Barbara meets don't really understand that things could be better?

Part 2: Why do you think the workers around Barbara don't know their rights and don't believe them when Barbara tells them what they should expect?

Part 3: Why do you think the workers aren't motivated to do more for themselves?

Essay Topic 3

Barbara begins to recognize that her thinking is shifting when she becomes upset over the littlest things.

Part 1: Why do you think Barbara is beginning to get upset over the littlest things are her jobs?

Part 2: In what ways do some of the places of employment try to make the employees feel responsible for their work?

Part 3: Do you think it's healthy for an employee to become stressed out about the work they have done? Why or why not?

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