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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 is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.
(a) Number of children
(b) Husband
(c) Work life
(d) False life

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

3. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.
(a) Highest
(b) Longest
(c) Consistently
(d) Lowest

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.

2. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.

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

4. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.

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

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