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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. What does the author have to do once she is done with the testing process at Wal-Mart?
(a) Start a shift
(b) Read a book
(c) Drug test
(d) Train five new people

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

3. Barbara thinks the fact she is __________ will help her since she will not stand out from others.
(a) A divorced woman
(b) A yuppie
(c) A single woman
(d) White

4. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.
(a) Dishwasher
(b) Maid
(c) Rice picker
(d) Berry picker

5. Which department is Barbara placed into when she goes back to Menards to find out about the job?
(a) Plants
(b) Appliances
(c) Plumbing
(d) Wood

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara doesn't even apply for ___________ since she knows she doesn't have the clothing for this type of work.

2. Barbara notes that Wal-Mart is a __________ system and when one is working there, one forgets there is an outside world.

3. What city in Maine does Barbara choose for her next working location during her assignment?

4. What is the one thing Barbara will be able to avoid a bit more from her new apartment's location?

5. Barbara begins to realize that she is acting like an unhappy __________ when she argues with another worker at Wal-Mart.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Barbara goes back to Wal-Mart in order to fill out a new test, what happens when she gets a few wrong?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the one upside of the Twin Lakes apartment that compels Barbara to sign up for a lease there?

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