Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Selling in Minnesota,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the diabetic that sneaks donuts at the Woodcrest residential facility where the author works her second job?
(a) Margarite
(b) Letty
(c) Linda
(d) Grace

2. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.
(a) Energy bars
(b) Diet soda
(c) Fast food
(d) Work food

3. Nobody seems to make eye contact, Barbara notes, when she applies at _____________, which strikes her as weird.
(a) Wal-Mart
(b) Salvation Army
(c) Goodwill
(d) Meijer

4. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?
(a) Break room
(b) Outside area
(c) Bar
(d) Dining room

5. What city in Minnesota does Barbara choose in order to find a new job in her assignment?
(a) Springfield
(b) Minneapolis
(c) Salmon Lake
(d) St. Paul Town

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the job Barbara takes at the Woodcrest residential facility, an elder care facility?

2. Barbara thinks she is supposed to _____________ on her shift, but no one else on her shift does.

3. Barbara begins to realize that she is acting like an unhappy __________ when she argues with another worker at Wal-Mart.

4. What does one company want her to sell, promising her $1650 for doing 54 two hour appointments?

5. Wal-Mart contends that _______ take money from workers and risk the wages of workers

(see the answer key)

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