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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Barbara describes a feeling of hopeless __________ in her position as a maid, even when she is in public in her uniform.
(a) Anger
(b) Invisibility
(c) Frustration
(d) Poverty

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

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

5. 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

6. How long does the shift at Menards turn out to be when they call again the next day before she goes to work?
(a) 8 hours
(b) 11 hours
(c) 4 hours
(d) 2 hours

7. One young girl named ____________ refuses to eat and she grows paler each day as a result, obviously she is ill.
(a) Carlie
(b) Holly
(c) Becky
(d) Rosalie

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

9. What does Barbara have to care for when she stays in a friend's house at the beginning of her adventure in Minnesota?
(a) Dog
(b) Fish
(c) Cockatiel
(d) Cat

10. What does Barbara have to leave in her disgusting hotel room, even though she does not want to?
(a) Uniforms
(b) Clothing
(c) Food
(d) Laptop

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

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

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

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

15. According tot he ACLU, the process of drug testing ___________ improve the chances of screening out addicts.
(a) Does
(b) Does not
(c) Can
(d) Will greatly

Short Answer Questions

1. A look at the local free magazine reveals very little _________ Barbara can afford in the area where she is staying.

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

3. When any employees does something for his or herself instead of for the store, Wal-Mart calls them a ____________.

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

5. The Maids say the work they do will be easy because cleaning is in our __________, notes Barbara.

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