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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. Gail reveals that she had to live in _______ and pee into a plastic bottle after her boyfriend she lives with suddenly dies.
(a) A box
(b) A storage space
(c) A truck
(d) The bathroom

2. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.
(a) Sick
(b) Out of contact
(c) Homeless
(d) Hungry

3. 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) Millie
(b) Holly
(c) Betty
(d) Jenny

4. Barbara can not afford gas money because of the $30 she has to spend on a ___________ for her restaurant job.
(a) Application fee
(b) Book
(c) Set of pencils
(d) Uniform

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.

2. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.

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

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

5. As Barbara downs coffee who does she notice is looking haggard when she shows up for her next job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one thing that Barbara says she will not mention as she is applying and working during this experiment?

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

3. Why do people end up living with others or in conditions they don't want to live in, according to Barbara?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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