View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.
(a) Their cars
(b) Motels
(c) Friends' homes
(d) Shelters

2. What is interesting about the test Barbara takes when she applies at Wal-Mart again?
(a) There is no record of her last test
(b) She gets answers 'wrong'
(c) She fails the test and gets thrown out
(d) It's not the same as the last one she took

3. Wal-Mart contends that _______ take money from workers and risk the wages of workers
(a) Time thieves
(b) Unions
(c) Outsiders
(d) Thieves

4. Nobody seems to make eye contact, Barbara notes, when she applies at _____________, which strikes her as weird.
(a) Salvation Army
(b) Goodwill
(c) Wal-Mart
(d) Meijer

5. Barbara doesn't even apply for ___________ since she knows she doesn't have the clothing for this type of work.
(a) Factory work
(b) Management positions
(c) Office work
(d) Retail work

6. What is one of the things Barbara is NOT handed when she goes back to Menards?
(a) Tape
(b) Tool belt
(c) Knife
(d) Water

7. What is the next place Barbara goes to in order to try to avoid drug testing and get more money?
(a) Friedmans
(b) Home Depot
(c) Lowes
(d) Menards

8. What are managers to think of themselves as when they are working at Wal-Mart?
(a) Slave drivers
(b) Servant leaders
(c) Growth managers
(d) Peacekeepers

9. What are employees to think of themselves as when they are working for Wal-Mart?
(a) Helpers
(b) Friends
(c) Greeters
(d) Associates

10. What is the title of the job Barbara takes at the Woodcrest residential facility, an elder care facility?
(a) Nurse's aide
(b) Medical assistant
(c) Dietary aid
(d) Housekeeper

11. _______ used in the bathroom are also going to be used in the kitchen, according to the instruction of The Maids.
(a) Sponges
(b) Vacuums
(c) Rags
(d) Scrubbers

12. In what department does Barbara find she will work when she is as employee for Wal-Mart?
(a) Women's
(b) Men's
(c) Shoe
(d) Kid's

13. A look at the local free magazine reveals very little _________ Barbara can afford in the area where she is staying.
(a) Work
(b) Diversity
(c) Housing
(d) Hope

14. What is the made-up name for the apartments that Barbara finally finds in Minnesota?
(a) Blue Waters
(b) Twin Lakes
(c) Waterside
(d) Blue Gill

15. The thing Barbara hates to clean most of all is _________ in the bathrooms of their customers.
(a) Sinks
(b) Feces
(c) Tubs
(d) Urine

Short Answer Questions

1. Marge and Holly talk about how low wage ____________ even look down on maids when they are out.

2. Despite the miraculous vacuum cleaner, Lori and Pauline's __________ are ruined and wrecked.

3. What does Marge suspect about Holly and this is confirmed when she will not answer the question?

4. What city in Maine does Barbara choose for her next working location during her assignment?

5. Where does Barbara rent a room until she is able to find housing that will work for her?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 469 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample