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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) The bathroom
(c) A truck
(d) A storage space

2. The Preamble Center for Public Policy noted that the odds against a typical welfare recipient's landing a job at a ______ were about 97 to 1.
(a) Living wage
(b) Restaurant
(c) Minimum age
(d) Factory

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

2. What is Barbara punished with when she points out that a manager is calling one of his employees by the incorrect name?

3. Barbara wondered why there wasn't more indignation about her ruse, realizing that it was probably because people's notion of __________ is different than she thinks it should be.

4. Barbara ruled out areas like LA and New York as the working class consists mainly of people of _______ and she might look out of place.

5. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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