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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 take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

2. The author also doesn't want to live in an _____________ building when she is off on her assignment.

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

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

5. Barbara notes that her sister constantly complained about the hopelessness of being a ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Barbara think the physical exertion of her new job should be bothering her so much?

4. Why does Barbara want to take on the assignment she actually suggested be done?

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

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

7. What does Barbara find out about Gail and what she has to do when her boyfriend suddenly dies?

8. What does the bad tempered cook like to do sometimes back in the kitchen, according to Barbara?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author herself is white and someone who is certainly in the middle class, even if she's not working as though she was.

Part 1: In what ways might her 'white-ness' have affected the way her experience turned out?

Part 2: In what ways might her experience have been different had she been a man?

Part 3: In what ways might her experience have been different had she been of a different class or race?

Essay Topic 2

One of the biggest beliefs the author holds about the way a person can better themselves in the world is that education can allow a person to do anything and to be something more.

Part 1: How does the author's educational level help her in the process of this project?

Part 2: Why do you think the other workers around the author don't realize she is more educated than them?

Part 3: Why do you think the author expected the others she worked with to notice her educational level? What does this say about the author?

Essay Topic 3

Discrimination seems to be a part of everyday society, it seems, at least from the perspective of the author.

Part 1: In what ways does discrimination affect the author's experience in this experiment?

Part 2: Why do you think the author focuses so much on race and on blending in when she is picking her jobs?

Part 3: In what ways are others around the author discriminated against? Or are they?

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