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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara notes that her sister constantly complained about the hopelessness of being a ____________.
(a) Woman
(b) Waitress
(c) Minimum wage worker
(d) Wage slave

2. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.
(a) Cigarette
(b) Crack cocaine
(c) Marijuana
(d) Alcohol

3. Who is the tiny busy woman who teaches Barbara the rules of the next job she takes on at the hotel adjacent to the restaurant?
(a) Jenny
(b) Holly
(c) Millie
(d) Betty

4. __________ is a city in which Barbara is afraid she might be recognized, so she looks for work in a nearby city.
(a) Key Largo
(b) Key West
(c) New York
(d) Chicago

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

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

7. Barbara begins to realize that when she is a maid, she is not ____________ to be a maid. She really is a maid.
(a) Training
(b) Pretending
(c) Desiring
(d) Trying

8. What is the name Barbara uses for the family restaurant where she chooses to work first in Florida?
(a) Hearthside
(b) Hearttown
(c) Hearthville
(d) Heartbreak Hotel

9. When the drug testing is supposed to begin, the employees speculate that it is _________ who is guilty of the drug issue.
(a) Joseph
(b) Billy
(c) Stu
(d) Gail

10. Barbara lets a sewer repairman spend a few minutes cooling off with a ________________ before taking his order.
(a) Fan
(b) Iced tea
(c) Newspaper fan
(d) Glass of ice water

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

12. 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) Reporting
(b) Working
(c) Lying
(d) Writing

13. 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

14. Barbara is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.
(a) False life
(b) Number of children
(c) Husband
(d) Work life

15. What did Barbara fear employers would think she was if she were to put the PhD on her resumes and applications?
(a) Druggie
(b) Alcoholic
(c) Reporter
(d) Actress

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara does admit that she modified her __________ when she was new at the job and wanted to fit in.

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

3. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.

4. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.

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

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