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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

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. What are managers to think of themselves as when they are working at Wal-Mart?
(a) Growth managers
(b) Slave drivers
(c) Servant leaders
(d) Peacekeepers

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

3. Where does Barbara rent a room until she is able to find housing that will work for her?
(a) Howard Johnson
(b) Motel 6
(c) Super 8
(d) Holiday Inn

4. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.
(a) Energy bars
(b) Diet soda
(c) Fast food
(d) Work food

5. 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?
(a) Marlene
(b) Howard
(c) Alyssa
(d) Melissa

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

3. Nobody seems to make eye contact, Barbara notes, when she applies at _____________, which strikes her as weird.

4. What does Barbara have to leave in her disgusting hotel room, even though she does not want to?

5. It is Wal-Mart's policy to ____________ clothing in order to make the shopping experience slightly different.

(see the answer key)

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