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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Closing remarks, "Evaluation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The many managers who are in these low wage working situations function to keep others _____________.
(a) Happy
(b) Feeling like a team
(c) Cared for
(d) In their place

2. A look at the local free magazine reveals very little _________ Barbara can afford in the area where she is staying.
(a) Diversity
(b) Housing
(c) Hope
(d) Work

3. The thing Barbara hates to clean most of all is _________ in the bathrooms of their customers.
(a) Urine
(b) Tubs
(c) Feces
(d) Sinks

4. Low wage workers have to change jobs frequently and get to understand a new __________ culture in a short period of time.
(a) Coworker
(b) Corporate
(c) Working
(d) Retail

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?

2. Barbara notices many companies are willing to offer ___________ like free meals in order to create value in the workplace.

3. Barbara says that she will not rely on her superior ______________ to support herself.

4. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.

5. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?

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