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

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

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 will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.
(a) Highest
(b) Consistently
(c) Lowest
(d) Longest

2. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.
(a) Cheap labor
(b) Women
(c) Desperate workers
(d) Applications

3. Barbara says that she will not rely on her superior ______________ to support herself.
(a) Literacy
(b) Resume
(c) Education
(d) Name recognition

4. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.
(a) Begging
(b) Credit cards
(c) Checks
(d) Her resume

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

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

3. Barbara begins to realize that minimum wage workers are no less ____________ or intelligent than she is.

4. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?

5. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.

(see the answer key)

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