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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.
(a) $7.50
(b) $10.00
(c) $8.89
(d) $6.50

2. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.
(a) Ripped clothing
(b) Driver's license
(c) Debt
(d) Experience

3. Barbara certainly does not want to do hard ________ labor when she is working at her new jobs.
(a) Physical
(b) Outside
(c) Mental
(d) Slave

4. What is Barbara's PhD in, according to her own admittance?
(a) Public Policy
(b) Biology
(c) English
(d) Business

5. Barbara's father had been a _____________; her uncles and grandfathers worked in the mines or for the Union Pacific.
(a) Copper miner
(b) Restaurant owner
(c) Journalist
(d) Chef

Short Answer Questions

1. At what publication does the editor who assigns the story to Barbara work?

2. Barbara realizes that her use of a car is different as many minimum wage workers have to use _________ to get around.

3. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

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

5. What did Barbara fear employers would think she was if she were to put the PhD on her resumes and applications?

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