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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. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.
(a) Their cars
(b) Motels
(c) Friends' homes
(d) Shelters

2. What costs $10 to use when she is staying at the Clearview Inn before her apartment will be ready?
(a) Phone
(b) Laundry
(c) Bathroom
(d) Shower

3. The workers have troubles coming up with two dollars to buy a new ___________ when one is left behind at the office.
(a) Squeegee
(b) Rag
(c) Sponge
(d) Bottle of cleaner

4. What city in Maine does Barbara choose for her next working location during her assignment?
(a) Boston
(b) Augusta
(c) Portland
(d) Bangor

5. What is the first thing the woman in #118 found in order to help her get started in her new life?
(a) Welfare office
(b) A job
(c) A motel
(d) Church group

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 the author have to do once she is done with the testing process at Wal-Mart?

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

4. What is the name of the test Barbara fills out when she is apply at The Maids job during the hiring process?

5. Barbara thinks the fact she is __________ will help her since she will not stand out from others.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why so the Maids think that the job they are offering is easy for someone to learn and to do?

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

4. What surprises Barbara about the cleaning method of The Maids, as described in the book?

5. What does the long employment test at a Wal-Mart job fair seem to be trying to do?

6. What are the titles that Wal-Mart wants its employees to think of themselves as?

7. When Barbara's skin breaks out in an odd rash, what does her boss seem to think the problem is?

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

9. What is Barbara's living arrangement when she first gets into town in Minneapolis?

10. Why does the author decide to go to Maine for her next working assignment?

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