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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.

2. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

3. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.

4. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.

5. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens if Barbara thinks she will have to go homeless, even for one night during this experiment?

2. What do the managers do to Barbara when she is an employee at Hearthside, she realizes as she continues to work there?

3. How much does Barbara think she will have to make in order to pay her rent and for food during her stay in Florida?

4. What does Barbara feel she is compelled to do with the patrons at Hearthside, where she works as a waitress?

5. Describe the first apartment that Barbara finds when she is out looking for her first new 'home' for the assignment.

6. What does the interviewer at a grocery store warn Barbara about when she puts in her application?

7. What is the one thing that Barbara says she will not mention as she is applying and working during this experiment?

8. What statement does the author make which leads to her getting the assignment to write this book?

9. What is Barbara's fear about working in the area where she currently lives, Key West?

10. What will Barbara drive when she is a part of this experiment in working for minimum wage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The working conditions in which you work might change you, according to Barbara.

Part 1: Why might the working conditions in which you are placed change the person you are?

Part 2: How do companies attempt to reshape and to mold the employees they have hired?

Part 3: What do you think happens when some people refuse to change for the job in which they have been hired? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of poverty is one of the most complex issues this world seems to be unable and often unwilling to tackle.

Part 1: How do you define the idea of poverty? Can there be only one definition? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think poverty is so hard for governments to manage?

Part 3: Why do you think people slide into poverty and poverty-conditions?

Essay Topic 3

Barbara seems to be a good person, someone who looks out for others and even stands up for them when they are being taken advantage of.

Part 1: Do you think Barbara is a good person? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think Barbara would have stood up for Holly, for example, if she had actually had to rely on her job for money?

Part 3: How do you think Barbara's assignments affected the way she interacted with the other workers? Or didn't it?

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