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

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

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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 city in Minnesota does Barbara choose in order to find a new job in her assignment?
(a) St. Paul Town
(b) Minneapolis
(c) Salmon Lake
(d) Springfield

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

3. Many of the businesses in town seem to place ads in the paper ____________ so as to always have applicants.
(a) Once in a while
(b) On Sundays
(c) On Mondays
(d) Constantly

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

5. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.
(a) Applications
(b) Women
(c) Cheap labor
(d) Desperate workers

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Barbara is NOT handed when she goes back to Menards?

2. What costs $10 to use when she is staying at the Clearview Inn before her apartment will be ready?

3. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.

4. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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