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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.
(a) Lower class
(b) Middle class
(c) Non-
(d) Upper class

2. The Preamble Center for Public Policy noted that the odds against a typical welfare recipient's landing a job at a ______ were about 97 to 1.
(a) Living wage
(b) Restaurant
(c) Factory
(d) Minimum age

3. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Year
(b) Week
(c) Month
(d) Few months

4. Barbara admits that at the end of the project, she did break down and ____________, stealthily, though, and never within hearing of management.
(a) Admit her assignment
(b) Rant
(c) Cry
(d) Laugh

5. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.
(a) Sick
(b) Hungry
(c) Homeless
(d) Out of contact

6. At the ____________, the interviewer Barbara meets warns her about labor organizers, to avoid them.
(a) Wal-Mart
(b) Factory
(c) Grocery store
(d) Drugstore

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

8. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.
(a) Writing career
(b) Education
(c) Jewelry
(d) Car

9. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?
(a) Outside area
(b) Dining room
(c) Break room
(d) Bar

10. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?
(a) Stu
(b) Roger
(c) Joseph
(d) Billy

11. The manager, ________, yells at Barbara for a confused breakfast and a yuppie customer complains too.
(a) George
(b) Joy
(c) Millie
(d) Stu

12. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.
(a) Betty
(b) Gail
(c) Stella
(d) Holly

13. The management at the restaurant try to keep Barbara __________ at every moment of her shift, even when it's slow.
(a) Busy
(b) Bored
(c) Angry
(d) Happy

14. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.
(a) Begging
(b) Her resume
(c) Checks
(d) Credit cards

15. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.
(a) Outside
(b) Office
(c) Break room
(d) Bar

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a manager sees Barbara having a little __________ during her shift, she is scolded, but instead of fighting it, she walks out.

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

4. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?

5. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.

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