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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Serving in Florida".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.
(a) Pain
(b) Risk
(c) Poverty
(d) Inauthenticity

2. The management at the restaurant try to keep Barbara __________ at every moment of her shift, even when it's slow.
(a) Angry
(b) Bored
(c) Busy
(d) Happy

3. __________ is a city in which Barbara is afraid she might be recognized, so she looks for work in a nearby city.
(a) Chicago
(b) Key West
(c) Key Largo
(d) New York

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

5. 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.
(a) Long-winded
(b) Liberal
(c) Marxist
(d) Curse-filled

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Barbara uses for the family restaurant where she chooses to work first in Florida?

2. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.

3. Some of the coworkers have to pay $60 a night for a hotel room because they can not save up the ___________ for a first and last month rent payment.

4. Barbara is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.

5. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."

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