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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 does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.
(a) Inauthenticity
(b) Poverty
(c) Pain
(d) Risk

2. As Barbara downs coffee who does she notice is looking haggard when she shows up for her next job?
(a) George
(b) Carlie
(c) Stu
(d) Millie

3. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.
(a) Auction
(b) Expensive
(c) Used
(d) Rent-a-wreck

4. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Week
(b) Month
(c) Few months
(d) Year

5. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?
(a) It is ripped
(b) It is at home
(c) It is too small
(d) It is stained

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

2. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.

3. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.

4. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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