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

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

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 Closing remarks, "Evaluation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When any employees does something for his or herself instead of for the store, Wal-Mart calls them a ____________.
(a) Bad worker
(b) Time thief
(c) Wal-Mart enemy
(d) Poor choice worker

2. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.
(a) $8.89
(b) $10.00
(c) $7.50
(d) $6.50

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

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

5. Barbara certainly does not want to do hard ________ labor when she is working at her new jobs.
(a) Physical
(b) Mental
(c) Outside
(d) Slave

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?

3. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.

4. Despite the miraculous vacuum cleaner, Lori and Pauline's __________ are ruined and wrecked.

5. Barbara lets a sewer repairman spend a few minutes cooling off with a ________________ before taking his order.

(see the answer key)

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