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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. Which department is Barbara placed into when she goes back to Menards to find out about the job?
(a) Plumbing
(b) Wood
(c) Appliances
(d) Plants

2. Barbara asks the manager of her trailer park to donate her security deposit to ________.
(a) Millie
(b) George
(c) Stu
(d) Gail

3. What does the author have to do once she is done with the testing process at Wal-Mart?
(a) Drug test
(b) Start a shift
(c) Read a book
(d) Train five new people

4. 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

5. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?
(a) Bar
(b) Break room
(c) Outside area
(d) Dining room

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."

2. The author concludes that the hiring process is designed to ____________ workers down and make them agree to anything.

3. The Maids calculate their wages by ________, which makes it difficult to know what a person is being paid.

4. Barbara ruled out areas like LA and New York as the working class consists mainly of people of _______ and she might look out of place.

5. Barbara makes the common that the ____________ is too low and that someone used to more should try to live with it.

(see the answer key)

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