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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. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.
(a) Bar
(b) Outside
(c) Office
(d) Break room

2. What is Barbara punished with when she points out that a manager is calling one of his employees by the incorrect name?
(a) Extra work
(b) Reduced wages
(c) Loss of tips
(d) Being sent home early

3. Barbara is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.
(a) False life
(b) Work life
(c) Husband
(d) Number of children

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

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.
(a) Rooms
(b) Urinals
(c) Beach chairs
(d) Bathrooms

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Barbara can not afford gas money because of the $30 she has to spend on a ___________ for her restaurant job.

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

4. The author also doesn't want to live in an _____________ building when she is off on her assignment.

5. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.

(see the answer key)

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