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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Wal-Mart job fair, Barbara fills out a long test which seems to push her into claiming total ___________ and complete obedience.
(a) Fidelity
(b) Honesy
(c) Perfection
(d) Availability

2. What does one company want her to sell, promising her $1650 for doing 54 two hour appointments?
(a) Vacuum cleaner
(b) Clothing
(c) Air purifier
(d) Vitamins

3. The _____________ market proves to be a challenge in the city Barbara moves to in Minnesota.
(a) Food
(b) Housing
(c) Retail
(d) Job

4. What city in Minnesota does Barbara choose in order to find a new job in her assignment?
(a) Minneapolis
(b) St. Paul Town
(c) Salmon Lake
(d) Springfield

5. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.
(a) Maid
(b) Berry picker
(c) Dishwasher
(d) Rice picker

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

7. Marge and Holly talk about how low wage ____________ even look down on maids when they are out.
(a) Waitresses
(b) Factory workers
(c) Bus boys
(d) Farm workers

8. Ruthie decides to pour _____________ on Barbara's breakfast and jokes again and again that Barbara should be called Barbara Bush.
(a) Orange juice
(b) Water
(c) Salt
(d) Tobasco sause

9. _____________ is a woman who simply picked up and moved to Florida because she heard the rents were better than New Jersey.
(a) Milly
(b) Dawn
(c) Margerie
(d) Caroline

10. Where does Barbara rent a room until she is able to find housing that will work for her?
(a) Howard Johnson
(b) Super 8
(c) Holiday Inn
(d) Motel 6

11. What is the name of the test Barbara fills out when she is apply at The Maids job during the hiring process?
(a) Personality
(b) IQ
(c) Enneagram
(d) Accutrack

12. What does Barbara accidentally shatter in her efforts to help Holly not have to work as hard?
(a) A vase
(b) The glass sculpture
(c) A picture frame
(d) Glass fish bowl

13. It is Wal-Mart's policy to ____________ clothing in order to make the shopping experience slightly different.
(a) Remove
(b) Fold
(c) Move around
(d) Replace

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According tot he ACLU, the process of drug testing ___________ improve the chances of screening out addicts.

2. Which department is Barbara placed into when she goes back to Menards to find out about the job?

3. Linda wants the author to think of her work at Woodcrest as __________ work, though the customers wear diapers.

4. _____________ has to support her husband and an elderly relative on 30 to 50 dollars each week.

5. Nobody seems to make eye contact, Barbara notes, when she applies at _____________, which strikes her as weird.

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