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

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

3. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?
(a) Her husband
(b) PhD
(c) Her hometown
(d) Her daughters

4. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?
(a) New England Journal
(b) NY Gazette
(c) New York Times
(d) New Yorker

5. The other restaurant that Barbara works at during her time in Florida is called ___________, a chain with huge food and calorie packed dishes.
(a) Billy's
(b) Jerry's
(c) Bobby's
(d) Raley's

Short Answer Questions

1. When a manager sees Barbara having a little __________ during her shift, she is scolded, but instead of fighting it, she walks out.

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

3. Barbara admits that at the end of the project, she did break down and ____________, stealthily, though, and never within hearing of management.

4. What would Barbara use in order to document her daily experiences after her shifts were done for the day?

5. As Barbara downs coffee who does she notice is looking haggard when she shows up for her next job?

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