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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 realizes that her use of a car is different as many minimum wage workers have to use _________ to get around.
(a) Buses
(b) Streets
(c) Friends
(d) Their legs

2. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."
(a) Experiment
(b) Investigation
(c) Journalism
(d) Writing

3. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.
(a) Betty
(b) Stella
(c) Holly
(d) Gail

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

5. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.
(a) Christians
(b) Tourists
(c) Elite
(d) Republicans

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.

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

4. __________ is a city in which Barbara is afraid she might be recognized, so she looks for work in a nearby city.

5. When Barbara walks out of the restaurant, she feels _______ instead of feeling enraged, as she expects to.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What statement does the author make which leads to her getting the assignment to write this book?

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

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

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