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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.
(a) Bill collectors
(b) Boyfriends
(c) Relatives
(d) Children

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

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

6. Barbara wondered why there wasn't more indignation about her ruse, realizing that it was probably because people's notion of __________ is different than she thinks it should be.
(a) Writing
(b) Lying
(c) Reporting
(d) Working

7. The other restaurant that Barbara works at during her time in Florida is called ___________, a chain with huge food and calorie packed dishes.
(a) Raley's
(b) Billy's
(c) Bobby's
(d) Jerry's

8. What is the name of the young Czech dishwasher who Barbara befriends when she is working at the restaurant?
(a) Joseph
(b) Billy
(c) George
(d) Stu

9. What is Barbara punished with when she points out that a manager is calling one of his employees by the incorrect name?
(a) Loss of tips
(b) Extra work
(c) Being sent home early
(d) Reduced wages

10. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?
(a) 5 hours
(b) 8 hours
(c) 4 hours
(d) 10 hours

11. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.
(a) Christians
(b) Tourists
(c) Elite
(d) Republicans

12. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.
(a) Driver's license
(b) Debt
(c) Ripped clothing
(d) Experience

13. The other staff of the hotel refuses to exchange _________ with the housekeepers or show any sort of respect.
(a) Compliments
(b) Names
(c) Pleasantries
(d) Duties

14. When Barbara walks out of the restaurant, she feels _______ instead of feeling enraged, as she expects to.
(a) Happy
(b) Grateful
(c) Defeat
(d) Relieved

15. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?
(a) It is ripped
(b) It is too small
(c) It is stained
(d) It is at home

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barbara is paired up with Carlie on her first shift, Carlie is angry they have 19 _________ to swab down in just one shift.

2. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?

3. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.

4. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.

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

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