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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.
(a) Poverty
(b) Risk
(c) Inauthenticity
(d) Pain

2. As Barbara downs coffee who does she notice is looking haggard when she shows up for her next job?
(a) George
(b) Stu
(c) Millie
(d) Carlie

3. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?
(a) Her daughters
(b) PhD
(c) Her hometown
(d) Her husband

4. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?
(a) Outside area
(b) Break room
(c) Dining room
(d) Bar

5. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Month
(b) Year
(c) Few months
(d) Week

Short Answer Questions

1. Gail reveals that she had to live in _______ and pee into a plastic bottle after her boyfriend she lives with suddenly dies.

2. Barbara says that she will not rely on her superior ______________ to support herself.

3. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.

4. Barbara begins to realize that minimum wage workers are no less ____________ or intelligent than she is.

5. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the managers do to Barbara when she is an employee at Hearthside, she realizes as she continues to work there?

2. What is Barbara's fear about working in the area where she currently lives, Key West?

3. What are some of the other reasons why Barbara doesn't really want to take on the assignment of working for minimum wage?

4. What does Barbara find out about Gail and what she has to do when her boyfriend suddenly dies?

5. Once Barbara begins to let go of her elitist attitude, what does she realize about the workers around her?

6. What does the interviewer at a grocery store warn Barbara about when she puts in her application?

7. If things get too rough during this experiment, what does Barbara say she will do in order to feel herself or to support herself?

8. Why doesn't Barbara think the physical exertion of her new job should be bothering her so much?

9. Describe the first apartment that Barbara finds when she is out looking for her first new 'home' for the assignment.

10. What does Barbara feel she is compelled to do with the patrons at Hearthside, where she works as a waitress?

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