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.

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. What drug is Barbara afraid might skew the results of a drug test she might have to take?
(a) Marijuana
(b) Ecstasy
(c) LSD
(d) Cocaine

2. The Maids calculate their wages by ________, which makes it difficult to know what a person is being paid.
(a) Week
(b) Hour
(c) Month
(d) Year

3. Reagan seemed to convince the American people that those who work hard can ____________.
(a) Reap benefits
(b) Be happy
(c) Make a good living
(d) Make something of their lives

4. The author concludes that the hiring process is designed to ____________ workers down and make them agree to anything.
(a) Force
(b) Keep
(c) Push
(d) Strip

5. Because of the low wages that are paid in the area, people who are working at minimum wage are expected to ____________.
(a) Argue at the interview
(b) Scrimp
(c) Work longer hours
(d) Hold multiple jobs

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.

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

3. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

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

5. Barbara asks the manager of her trailer park to donate her security deposit to ________.

(see the answer key)

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