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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Scrubbing in Maine"..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One young girl named ____________ refuses to eat and she grows paler each day as a result, obviously she is ill.
(a) Holly
(b) Rosalie
(c) Carlie
(d) Becky

2. What are they listening to at full volume as they are cleaning each of the hotel rooms?
(a) Local news
(b) Soap operas
(c) Rap music
(d) Their headphones

3. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.
(a) Outside
(b) Bar
(c) Office
(d) Break room

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

5. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.
(a) Berry picker
(b) Maid
(c) Rice picker
(d) Dishwasher

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the ____________, the interviewer Barbara meets warns her about labor organizers, to avoid them.

(see the answer key)

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