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

2. What did Barbara fear employers would think she was if she were to put the PhD on her resumes and applications?
(a) Druggie
(b) Actress
(c) Reporter
(d) Alcoholic

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

4. Barbara is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.
(a) Work life
(b) Number of children
(c) Husband
(d) False life

5. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.
(a) Outside
(b) Break room
(c) Bar
(d) Office

Short Answer Questions

1. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.

2. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.

3. The management at the restaurant try to keep Barbara __________ at every moment of her shift, even when it's slow.

4. At what publication does the editor who assigns the story to Barbara work?

5. Who is Barbara Ehrenreich's editor, the one who assigns her the story that became this book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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