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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. __________ is a city in which Barbara is afraid she might be recognized, so she looks for work in a nearby city.

2. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?

3. Gail reveals that she had to live in _______ and pee into a plastic bottle after her boyfriend she lives with suddenly dies.

4. Barbara begins to realize that minimum wage workers are no less ____________ or intelligent than she is.

5. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Once Barbara begins to let go of her elitist attitude, what does she realize about the workers around her?

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

6. What kind of job does Barbara say that she will take, money-wise, at least at the start of the experiment?

7. When Stu says that drugs have been found at the restaurant, what do the employees speculate about this action?

8. What does Barbara think, at the start of the experiment, will be the biggest challenge during this assignment?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The minimum wage workers are kept down and continue to be kept down in modern times. With this idea in mind, it seems that maybe there is a reason for the poverty level to exist.

Part 1: Why might there be a need for poverty level workers in the world?

Part 2: What might happen if the poverty level workers were not around to fill the positions they are in?

Part 3: Do you think it's realistic to have a goal of removing poverty and minimum wage workers completely? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

While it might be no surprise that Wal-Mart doesn't want to have labor unions in their store, it's more surprising that workers aren't more motivated to get involved

Part 1: Why do you think Wal-Mart doesn't want to have labor unions and organizations in their stores?

Part 2: Why do you think employees at Wal-Mart are scared to begin talks for labor union support in their stores?

Part 3: Is the risk of losing one's job worth it in order to get a labor organization in a store? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In many of the jobs the author took, she was working for larger companies with nationwide stores and franchises.

Part 1: How do the larger companies differ from the smaller companies Barbara works for in the book?

Part 2: How might smaller companies treat their employees versus larger companies?

Part 3: Why do you think larger companies handle their employees as though they were really important, but then treat them like they are not?

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