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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 describes a feeling of hopeless __________ in her position as a maid, even when she is in public in her uniform.
(a) Invisibility
(b) Anger
(c) Frustration
(d) Poverty

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) Alyssa
(b) Marlene
(c) Howard
(d) Melissa

3. A look at the local free magazine reveals very little _________ Barbara can afford in the area where she is staying.
(a) Work
(b) Housing
(c) Diversity
(d) Hope

4. Barbara thinks she is supposed to _____________ on her shift, but no one else on her shift does.
(a) Greet customers
(b) Fold clothing
(c) Keep moving
(d) Straighten up the store

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one company want her to sell, promising her $1650 for doing 54 two hour appointments?

2. The _____________ market proves to be a challenge in the city Barbara moves to in Minnesota.

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?

4. Despite the miraculous vacuum cleaner, Lori and Pauline's __________ are ruined and wrecked.

5. Marge and Holly talk about how low wage ____________ even look down on maids when they are out.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the one line of work that Barbara does not even apply for since she does not have the proper clothing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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