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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. The Maids calculate their wages by ________, which makes it difficult to know what a person is being paid.
(a) Month
(b) Year
(c) Hour
(d) Week

2. Who does Barbara have to hide from when she is trying to make a last ditch effort to find a place to stay when in Minnesota?
(a) Howard
(b) Marlene
(c) Alyssa
(d) Melissa

3. Who does Barbara have to talk about when it comes to the result of her test?
(a) Manager
(b) A police officer
(c) The loss prevention team
(d) Sam Walton

4. 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) Super 8
(d) Radisson

5. What is the made-up name for the apartments that Barbara finally finds in Minnesota?
(a) Blue Gill
(b) Waterside
(c) Blue Waters
(d) Twin Lakes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author concludes that the hiring process is designed to ____________ workers down and make them agree to anything.

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

4. At the Wal-Mart job fair, Barbara fills out a long test which seems to push her into claiming total ___________ and complete obedience.

5. Barbara is horrified to see that The Maids use very little _________ when they are cleaning.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the unattractive young cook at the elder care facility reveal to Barbara as they are out on a smoke break?

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

3. What does the author do on a night when she has nothing to do and no money to spend on entertainment?

4. What is the story of Caroline, the women Barbara uses as a guide to her own difficult situation in Minneapolis?

5. What does Barbara do as the focus of her job at Wal-Mart, as it becomes clearer on the first shift?

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

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

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

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

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

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