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

2. What did Barbara fear employers would think she was if she were to put the PhD on her resumes and applications?
(a) Druggie
(b) Alcoholic
(c) Reporter
(d) Actress

3. Barbara admits she has two things going for her as a minimum wage worker - she is ________ and she is a native English speaker.
(a) Woman
(b) Educated
(c) Available
(d) White

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

5. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.
(a) Hungry
(b) Out of contact
(c) Homeless
(d) Sick

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. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.

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

4. 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.

5. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.

(see the answer key)

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