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

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

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 3, "Selling in Minnesota,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara lets a sewer repairman spend a few minutes cooling off with a ________________ before taking his order.
(a) Fan
(b) Iced tea
(c) Glass of ice water
(d) Newspaper fan

2. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.
(a) Motels
(b) Their cars
(c) Friends' homes
(d) Shelters

3. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.
(a) Expensive
(b) Rent-a-wreck
(c) Auction
(d) Used

4. Barbara notes she feels like a fugitive on this assignment, becoming obsessed with the few __________ she's brought along.
(a) Dollars
(b) Newspapers
(c) Credit cards
(d) Possessions

5. Barbara notes that Wal-Mart is a __________ system and when one is working there, one forgets there is an outside world.
(a) Brainwashing
(b) Closed
(c) Careful
(d) Cult

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Barbara begins to realize that she is acting like an unhappy __________ when she argues with another worker at Wal-Mart.

3. Who does Barbara have to hide from when she is trying to make a last ditch effort to find a place to stay when in Minnesota?

4. The workers have troubles coming up with two dollars to buy a new ___________ when one is left behind at the office.

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

(see the answer key)

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