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

2. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?
(a) It is stained
(b) It is ripped
(c) It is at home
(d) It is too small

3. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.
(a) Jewelry
(b) Car
(c) Writing career
(d) Education

4. The other staff of the hotel refuses to exchange _________ with the housekeepers or show any sort of respect.
(a) Duties
(b) Pleasantries
(c) Compliments
(d) Names

5. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.
(a) Alcohol
(b) Cigarette
(c) Crack cocaine
(d) Marijuana

Short Answer Questions

1. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.

2. Barbara wondered why there wasn't more indignation about her ruse, realizing that it was probably because people's notion of __________ is different than she thinks it should be.

3. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?

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

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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