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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) Perfection
(c) Availability
(d) Honesy

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

3. The workers at The Maids get free ________ when they arrive at work in the morning, but have to wear uniforms.
(a) Donuts
(b) Pancakes
(c) Eggs
(d) Energy bars

4. The author concludes that the hiring process is designed to ____________ workers down and make them agree to anything.
(a) Keep
(b) Push
(c) Force
(d) Strip

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

6. What is the first thing the woman in #118 found in order to help her get started in her new life?
(a) Church group
(b) Welfare office
(c) A motel
(d) A job

7. The Maids calculate their wages by ________, which makes it difficult to know what a person is being paid.
(a) Hour
(b) Month
(c) Week
(d) Year

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

9. What does the author have to do once she is done with the testing process at Wal-Mart?
(a) Drug test
(b) Read a book
(c) Train five new people
(d) Start a shift

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

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

12. What drug is Barbara afraid might skew the results of a drug test she might have to take?
(a) Ecstasy
(b) LSD
(c) Cocaine
(d) Marijuana

13. When any employees does something for his or herself instead of for the store, Wal-Mart calls them a ____________.
(a) Bad worker
(b) Poor choice worker
(c) Wal-Mart enemy
(d) Time thief

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara notes she feels like a fugitive on this assignment, becoming obsessed with the few __________ she's brought along.

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

3. _______ used in the bathroom are also going to be used in the kitchen, according to the instruction of The Maids.

4. Barbara begins to realize that she is acting like an unhappy __________ when she argues with another worker at Wal-Mart.

5. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.

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