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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Scrubbing in Maine"..

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Holly
(b) Millie
(c) Jenny
(d) Betty

2. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.
(a) Liberal
(b) Marxist
(c) Long-winded
(d) Curse-filled

3. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.
(a) Rice picker
(b) Berry picker
(c) Maid
(d) Dishwasher

4. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Few months
(b) Month
(c) Year
(d) Week

5. Marge and Holly talk about how low wage ____________ even look down on maids when they are out.
(a) Waitresses
(b) Factory workers
(c) Bus boys
(d) Farm workers

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ has to support her husband and an elderly relative on 30 to 50 dollars each week.

2. Barbara describes a feeling of hopeless __________ in her position as a maid, even when she is in public in her uniform.

3. Who is Barbara Ehrenreich's editor, the one who assigns her the story that became this book?

4. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?

5. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

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