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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Linda wants the author to think of her work at Woodcrest as __________ work, though the customers wear diapers.
(a) Waitress
(b) Babysitting
(c) Spiritual
(d) Easy

2. What costs $10 to use when she is staying at the Clearview Inn before her apartment will be ready?
(a) Phone
(b) Bathroom
(c) Laundry
(d) Shower

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

4. Barbara thinks she is supposed to _____________ on her shift, but no one else on her shift does.
(a) Greet customers
(b) Straighten up the store
(c) Fold clothing
(d) Keep moving

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

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

7. What does Ted say Barbara has an allergy to when she complains about having a rash on her hands?
(a) Latex
(b) Work
(c) Soap
(d) Water

8. The author meets a prissy woman who tracks her baby's _______________ with the help of a chart.
(a) Growth
(b) Bowel movements
(c) Words
(d) Movements

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

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

11. Where does the author eventually stay when she realizes she will not be able to find a place with the money she is making?
(a) Holiday Inn
(b) Comfort Inn
(c) Radisson
(d) Super 8

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

13. The workers have troubles coming up with two dollars to buy a new ___________ when one is left behind at the office.
(a) Sponge
(b) Rag
(c) Squeegee
(d) Bottle of cleaner

14. Because of the low wages that are paid in the area, people who are working at minimum wage are expected to ____________.
(a) Scrimp
(b) Work longer hours
(c) Argue at the interview
(d) Hold multiple jobs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Barbara will be able to avoid a bit more from her new apartment's location?

2. What is the next place Barbara goes to in order to try to avoid drug testing and get more money?

3. _____________ is a woman who simply picked up and moved to Florida because she heard the rents were better than New Jersey.

4. What city in Minnesota does Barbara choose in order to find a new job in her assignment?

5. The obvious __________ of the sales company is a breath of fresh air for the author compared to the false concern from Wal-Mart.

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