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

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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Serving in Florida".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."
(a) Journalism
(b) Writing
(c) Experiment
(d) Investigation

2. The management at the restaurant try to keep Barbara __________ at every moment of her shift, even when it's slow.
(a) Happy
(b) Busy
(c) Bored
(d) Angry

3. At what publication does the editor who assigns the story to Barbara work?
(a) Glamour
(b) Ladies Home Journal
(c) Redbook
(d) Harper's

4. Barbara wondered why there wasn't more indignation about her ruse, realizing that it was probably because people's notion of __________ is different than she thinks it should be.
(a) Lying
(b) Reporting
(c) Working
(d) Writing

5. What is the name Barbara uses for the family restaurant where she chooses to work first in Florida?
(a) Hearthside
(b) Hearthville
(c) Heartbreak Hotel
(d) Hearttown

Short Answer Questions

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

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 begins to realize that when she is a maid, she is not ____________ to be a maid. She really is a maid.

4. When the drug testing is supposed to begin, the employees speculate that it is _________ who is guilty of the drug issue.

5. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?

(see the answer key)

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