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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. What is the name Barbara uses for the family restaurant where she chooses to work first in Florida?
(a) Hearttown
(b) Hearthville
(c) Heartbreak Hotel
(d) Hearthside

2. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?
(a) New England Journal
(b) New Yorker
(c) NY Gazette
(d) New York Times

3. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?
(a) Librarian
(b) Housekeeping
(c) Office work
(d) Factory work

4. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?
(a) Stu
(b) Joseph
(c) Roger
(d) Billy

5. When a manager sees Barbara having a little __________ during her shift, she is scolded, but instead of fighting it, she walks out.
(a) Break
(b) Soup
(c) Sip of water
(d) Smoke

Short Answer Questions

1. Gail reveals that she had to live in _______ and pee into a plastic bottle after her boyfriend she lives with suddenly dies.

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

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

4. What is the name of the young Czech dishwasher who Barbara befriends when she is working at the restaurant?

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

(see the answer key)

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