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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 is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.
(a) Avoid
(b) Impress
(c) Nuture
(d) Ignore

2. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.
(a) Energy bars
(b) Fast food
(c) Work food
(d) Diet soda

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

4. The manager, ________, yells at Barbara for a confused breakfast and a yuppie customer complains too.
(a) Millie
(b) Joy
(c) Stu
(d) George

5. What area of the restaurant is locked up when it is assumed that the dishwasher is stealing from the restaurant?
(a) Bathroom
(b) Dry storage
(c) Meat locker
(d) Office

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara notes that her sister constantly complained about the hopelessness of being a ____________.

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

3. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.

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

5. When a manager sees Barbara having a little __________ during her shift, she is scolded, but instead of fighting it, she walks out.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What will Barbara drive when she is a part of this experiment in working for minimum wage?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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