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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 is the next place Barbara goes to in order to try to avoid drug testing and get more money?
(a) Home Depot
(b) Lowes
(c) Friedmans
(d) Menards

2. 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) Super 8
(b) Radisson
(c) Holiday Inn
(d) Comfort Inn

3. What is interesting about the test Barbara takes when she applies at Wal-Mart again?
(a) She gets answers 'wrong'
(b) It's not the same as the last one she took
(c) She fails the test and gets thrown out
(d) There is no record of her last test

4. What does one company want her to sell, promising her $1650 for doing 54 two hour appointments?
(a) Clothing
(b) Vacuum cleaner
(c) Vitamins
(d) Air purifier

5. The author meets a prissy woman who tracks her baby's _______________ with the help of a chart.
(a) Growth
(b) Movements
(c) Words
(d) Bowel movements

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is hurting Barbara as she is filling up the dishwasher with dishes and carrying away the dirty items?

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

4. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.

5. The obvious __________ of the sales company is a breath of fresh air for the author compared to the false concern from Wal-Mart.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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