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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 notes she feels like a fugitive on this assignment, becoming obsessed with the few __________ she's brought along.
(a) Newspapers
(b) Credit cards
(c) Dollars
(d) Possessions

2. Where does Barbara rent a room until she is able to find housing that will work for her?
(a) Holiday Inn
(b) Super 8
(c) Motel 6
(d) Howard Johnson

3. Where does the author eventually stay when she realizes she will not be able to find a place with the money she is making?
(a) Holiday Inn
(b) Comfort Inn
(c) Radisson
(d) Super 8

4. What does Ted say Barbara has an allergy to when she complains about having a rash on her hands?
(a) Water
(b) Work
(c) Latex
(d) Soap

5. Linda wants the author to think of her work at Woodcrest as __________ work, though the customers wear diapers.
(a) Spiritual
(b) Easy
(c) Waitress
(d) Babysitting

Short Answer Questions

1. One young girl named ____________ refuses to eat and she grows paler each day as a result, obviously she is ill.

2. What does Barbara have to leave in her disgusting hotel room, even though she does not want to?

3. What is the next place Barbara goes to in order to try to avoid drug testing and get more money?

4. The thing Barbara hates to clean most of all is _________ in the bathrooms of their customers.

5. What does Barbara have to surrender when she goes in for her drug test at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Menards offers to Barbara eventually when they call up to hire her?

2. What does the author admit to doing which is making her a little nervous about the drug test she needs to take?

3. What is the rate of pay that the Merry Maids claims to offer to those who work for them?

4. Describe what 'time theft' is according to Wal-Mart and its slick produced videos that the author watches during orientation.

5. What does Barbara decide about the entire hiring process after noticing she didn't even ask about salary at Menards?

6. What does the prissy women at the first Maids job Barbara is on do for her baby?

7. What are the workers in Portland, Maine expected to do as the wages seem to be falling between $6 and $7 an hour?

8. After Barbara takes her drug test, what does she do in terms of her job hunting?

9. What is the second job that the author takes on in addition to the maid job in Maine?

10. What comes in the emergency food package that Barbara eventually gets from the Community Emergency Assistance Program?

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