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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.
(a) Hungry
(b) Homeless
(c) Sick
(d) Out of contact

3. Barbara notes that her sister constantly complained about the hopelessness of being a ____________.
(a) Waitress
(b) Wage slave
(c) Woman
(d) Minimum wage worker

4. The Preamble Center for Public Policy noted that the odds against a typical welfare recipient's landing a job at a ______ were about 97 to 1.
(a) Living wage
(b) Factory
(c) Minimum age
(d) Restaurant

5. Barbara begins to realize that when she is a maid, she is not ____________ to be a maid. She really is a maid.
(a) Pretending
(b) Trying
(c) Desiring
(d) Training

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.

2. Barbara certainly does not want to do hard ________ labor when she is working at her new jobs.

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

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

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

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