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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 going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.
(a) Credit cards
(b) Her resume
(c) Checks
(d) Begging

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

3. 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

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

5. When Barbara is paired up with Carlie on her first shift, Carlie is angry they have 19 _________ to swab down in just one shift.
(a) Beach chairs
(b) Urinals
(c) Rooms
(d) Bathrooms

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?

2. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?

3. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

4. Some of the coworkers have to pay $60 a night for a hotel room because they can not save up the ___________ for a first and last month rent payment.

5. What area of the restaurant is locked up when it is assumed that the dishwasher is stealing from the restaurant?

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

3. How long a period of time will the author spend in each location?

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

5. What does the bad tempered cook like to do sometimes back in the kitchen, according to Barbara?

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

7. What happens if Barbara thinks she will have to go homeless, even for one night during this experiment?

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

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

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

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