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.

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.
Buy the Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Serving in Florida".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.
(a) Diet soda
(b) Work food
(c) Energy bars
(d) Fast food

2. 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) $500
(b) $1000
(c) $100
(d) $2000

3. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?
(a) Joseph
(b) Billy
(c) Stu
(d) Roger

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

5. At the ____________, the interviewer Barbara meets warns her about labor organizers, to avoid them.
(a) Factory
(b) Drugstore
(c) Grocery store
(d) Wal-Mart

Short Answer Questions

1. When a manager sees Barbara having a little __________ during her shift, she is scolded, but instead of fighting it, she walks out.

2. When Barbara walks out of the restaurant, she feels _______ instead of feeling enraged, as she expects to.

3. Barbara does admit that she modified her __________ when she was new at the job and wanted to fit in.

4. Barbara's father had been a _____________; her uncles and grandfathers worked in the mines or for the Union Pacific.

5. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 236 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)
Buy the Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.