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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) Impress
(b) Ignore
(c) Nuture
(d) Avoid

2. Barbara certainly does not want to do hard ________ labor when she is working at her new jobs.
(a) Outside
(b) Mental
(c) Physical
(d) Slave

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

4. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.
(a) Jewelry
(b) Education
(c) Writing career
(d) Car

5. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?
(a) Break room
(b) Outside area
(c) Dining room
(d) Bar

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the young Czech dishwasher who Barbara befriends when she is working at the restaurant?

3. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.

4. Barbara begins to realize that when she is a maid, she is not ____________ to be a maid. She really is a maid.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the interviewer at a grocery store warn Barbara about when she puts in her application?

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

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

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

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