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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. What is the name of the young Czech dishwasher who Barbara befriends when she is working at the restaurant?
(a) Stu
(b) Joseph
(c) Billy
(d) George

2. Some of the coworkers have to pay $60 a night for a hotel room because they can not save up the ___________ for a first and last month rent payment.
(a) $2000
(b) $100
(c) $500
(d) $1000

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

4. The author also doesn't want to live in an _____________ building when she is off on her assignment.
(a) Apartment
(b) Inferior
(c) Ill built
(d) Illuminated

5. Barbara realizes that her use of a car is different as many minimum wage workers have to use _________ to get around.
(a) Streets
(b) Their legs
(c) Buses
(d) Friends

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.

3. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.

4. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.

5. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.

(see the answer key)

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