Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 ruled out areas like LA and New York as the working class consists mainly of people of _______ and she might look out of place.
(a) Higher education
(b) Poverty
(c) Color
(d) Class

2. The other restaurant that Barbara works at during her time in Florida is called ___________, a chain with huge food and calorie packed dishes.
(a) Raley's
(b) Jerry's
(c) Bobby's
(d) Billy's

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

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. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.
(a) Relatives
(b) Bill collectors
(c) Boyfriends
(d) Children

Short Answer 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.

2. The manager, ________, yells at Barbara for a confused breakfast and a yuppie customer complains too.

3. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.

4. At what publication does the editor who assigns the story to Barbara work?

5. When Barbara is paired up with Carlie on her first shift, Carlie is angry they have 19 _________ to swab down in just one shift.

(see the answer key)

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