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

2. What would Barbara use in order to document her daily experiences after her shifts were done for the day?
(a) Napkins
(b) Journal
(c) Laptop
(d) The wall

3. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.
(a) Risk
(b) Pain
(c) Poverty
(d) Inauthenticity

4. As Barbara downs coffee who does she notice is looking haggard when she shows up for her next job?
(a) George
(b) Millie
(c) Stu
(d) Carlie

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara begins to realize that minimum wage workers are no less ____________ or intelligent than she is.

2. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?

3. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

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

5. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of job does Barbara say that she will take, money-wise, at least at the start of the experiment?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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