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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 title of the job Barbara takes at the Woodcrest residential facility, an elder care facility?
(a) Dietary aid
(b) Nurse's aide
(c) Housekeeper
(d) Medical assistant

2. What does Barbara have to leave in her disgusting hotel room, even though she does not want to?
(a) Clothing
(b) Food
(c) Laptop
(d) Uniforms

3. Barbara notes she feels like a fugitive on this assignment, becoming obsessed with the few __________ she's brought along.
(a) Credit cards
(b) Dollars
(c) Newspapers
(d) Possessions

4. How long does the shift at Menards turn out to be when they call again the next day before she goes to work?
(a) 11 hours
(b) 4 hours
(c) 2 hours
(d) 8 hours

5. What does Marge suspect about Holly and this is confirmed when she will not answer the question?
(a) She is dying
(b) She is sleeping with Ted
(c) She is quitting
(d) She is pregnant

Short Answer Questions

1. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.

2. The author meets a prissy woman who tracks her baby's _______________ with the help of a chart.

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

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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Menards offers to Barbara eventually when they call up to hire her?

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

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

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

5. What does the prissy women at the first Maids job Barbara is on do for her baby?

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

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

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

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

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

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