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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. When the drug testing is supposed to begin, the employees speculate that it is _________ who is guilty of the drug issue.
(a) Joseph
(b) Billy
(c) Gail
(d) Stu

2. At the ____________, the interviewer Barbara meets warns her about labor organizers, to avoid them.
(a) Factory
(b) Grocery store
(c) Drugstore
(d) Wal-Mart

3. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.
(a) Experience
(b) Driver's license
(c) Ripped clothing
(d) Debt

4. Who is the tiny busy woman who teaches Barbara the rules of the next job she takes on at the hotel adjacent to the restaurant?
(a) Jenny
(b) Betty
(c) Millie
(d) Holly

5. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.
(a) Car
(b) Writing career
(c) Jewelry
(d) Education

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?

2. What are they listening to at full volume as they are cleaning each of the hotel rooms?

3. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?

4. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.

5. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Stu says that drugs have been found at the restaurant, what do the employees speculate about this action?

2. What will Barbara not rely on in order to get a job and to support herself, as one of the rules of her experiment?

3. How much does Barbara think she will have to make in order to pay her rent and for food during her stay in Florida?

4. What is surprising to Barbara about the many places to which she has applied for a job?

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

6. Why does Barbara want to take on the assignment she actually suggested be done?

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

8. What does Barbara think, at the start of the experiment, will be the biggest challenge during this assignment?

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

10. What kind of job does Barbara say that she will take, money-wise, at least at the start of the experiment?

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