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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Barbara ruled out areas like LA and New York as the working class consists mainly of people of _______ and she might look out of place.
(a) Higher education
(b) Poverty
(c) Color
(d) Class

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

5. 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.
(a) Curse-filled
(b) Liberal
(c) Long-winded
(d) Marxist

6. Barbara asks the manager of her trailer park to donate her security deposit to ________.
(a) Stu
(b) Millie
(c) Gail
(d) George

7. Barbara does admit that she modified her __________ when she was new at the job and wanted to fit in.
(a) Hairstyle
(b) Vocabulary
(c) Clothing
(d) Makeup

8. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?
(a) New York Times
(b) NY Gazette
(c) New Yorker
(d) New England Journal

9. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.
(a) Another job
(b) More tips
(c) To stop driving
(d) Less food

10. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?
(a) Housekeeping
(b) Librarian
(c) Office work
(d) Factory work

11. Who is Barbara Ehrenreich's editor, the one who assigns her the story that became this book?
(a) Lewis Lapham
(b) Joseph Truman
(c) Louis Lanston
(d) Stu Manshet

12. What are they listening to at full volume as they are cleaning each of the hotel rooms?
(a) Local news
(b) Soap operas
(c) Rap music
(d) Their headphones

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What would Barbara use in order to document her daily experiences after her shifts were done for the day?

4. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.

5. Barbara is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.

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