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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Introduction: Getting Ready".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara admits that at the end of the project, she did break down and ____________, stealthily, though, and never within hearing of management.
(a) Admit her assignment
(b) Cry
(c) Laugh
(d) Rant

2. Who is Barbara Ehrenreich's editor, the one who assigns her the story that became this book?
(a) Joseph Truman
(b) Louis Lanston
(c) Lewis Lapham
(d) Stu Manshet

3. Barbara admits she has two things going for her as a minimum wage worker - she is ________ and she is a native English speaker.
(a) Woman
(b) White
(c) Available
(d) Educated

4. Barbara says that she will not rely on her superior ______________ to support herself.
(a) Name recognition
(b) Literacy
(c) Education
(d) Resume

5. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.
(a) Her resume
(b) Credit cards
(c) Begging
(d) Checks

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara does admit that she modified her __________ when she was new at the job and wanted to fit in.

2. Barbara makes the common that the ____________ is too low and that someone used to more should try to live with it.

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

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

5. The author also doesn't want to live in an _____________ building when she is off on her assignment.

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