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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 is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.
(a) Nuture
(b) Ignore
(c) Avoid
(d) Impress

2. When Barbara walks out of the restaurant, she feels _______ instead of feeling enraged, as she expects to.
(a) Grateful
(b) Happy
(c) Relieved
(d) Defeat

3. 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) Minimum age
(b) Restaurant
(c) Factory
(d) Living wage

4. Who is the tiny busy woman who teaches Barbara the rules of the next job she takes on at the hotel adjacent to the restaurant?
(a) Millie
(b) Jenny
(c) Holly
(d) Betty

5. 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.
(a) $100
(b) $1000
(c) $2000
(d) $500

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What area of the restaurant is locked up when it is assumed that the dishwasher is stealing from the restaurant?

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

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

5. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.

(see the answer key)

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