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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. When Barbara returns to her home in Clearview, she finds out that __________ is covering the floor of her room, requiring her to move to a new one.
(a) Water
(b) Oil
(c) Sewage
(d) Bug infestation

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

3. Who is the diabetic that sneaks donuts at the Woodcrest residential facility where the author works her second job?
(a) Letty
(b) Grace
(c) Linda
(d) Margarite

4. 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

5. What does Barbara have to care for when she stays in a friend's house at the beginning of her adventure in Minnesota?
(a) Cockatiel
(b) Dog
(c) Cat
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ is a woman who simply picked up and moved to Florida because she heard the rents were better than New Jersey.

2. The Maids calculate their wages by ________, which makes it difficult to know what a person is being paid.

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

4. Wal-Mart contends that _______ take money from workers and risk the wages of workers

5. What is one of the things Barbara is NOT handed when she goes back to Menards?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what 'time theft' is according to Wal-Mart and its slick produced videos that the author watches during orientation.

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

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

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

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

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

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