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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Restaurant
(b) Minimum age
(c) Living wage
(d) Factory

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

4. Barbara admits she has two things going for her as a minimum wage worker - she is ________ and she is a native English speaker.
(a) Educated
(b) White
(c) Woman
(d) Available

5. 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) Millie
(c) Betty
(d) Holly

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

7. Many of the businesses in town seem to place ads in the paper ____________ so as to always have applicants.
(a) Constantly
(b) On Sundays
(c) Once in a while
(d) On Mondays

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

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

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

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

12. Barbara can not afford gas money because of the $30 she has to spend on a ___________ for her restaurant job.
(a) Book
(b) Application fee
(c) Set of pencils
(d) Uniform

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

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?

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

3. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.

4. __________ is a city in which Barbara is afraid she might be recognized, so she looks for work in a nearby city.

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

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