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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 states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."
(a) Experiment
(b) Journalism
(c) Investigation
(d) Writing

2. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.
(a) To stop driving
(b) More tips
(c) Less food
(d) Another job

3. Barbara's father had been a _____________; her uncles and grandfathers worked in the mines or for the Union Pacific.
(a) Journalist
(b) Restaurant owner
(c) Copper miner
(d) Chef

4. What is Barbara's PhD in, according to her own admittance?
(a) Business
(b) Biology
(c) English
(d) Public Policy

5. Barbara can not afford gas money because of the $30 she has to spend on a ___________ for her restaurant job.
(a) Set of pencils
(b) Uniform
(c) Book
(d) Application fee

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara notes she feels like a fugitive on this assignment, becoming obsessed with the few __________ she's brought along.

2. Barbara is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.

3. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.

4. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.

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

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