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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. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.

2. What are they listening to at full volume as they are cleaning each of the hotel rooms?

3. The manager, ________, yells at Barbara for a confused breakfast and a yuppie customer complains too.

4. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?

5. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do people end up living with others or in conditions they don't want to live in, according to Barbara?

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

5. What is surprising to Barbara about the many places to which she has applied for a job?

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

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

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

9. What will Barbara not rely on in order to get a job and to support herself, as one of the rules of her experiment?

10. If things get too rough during this experiment, what does Barbara say she will do in order to feel herself or to support herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

When Barbara goes back and tells her coworkers what she was doing and who she is, the coworkers don't seem to have a reaction.

Part 1: Why do you think Barbara's coworkers didn't really notice Barbara as anyone different or special?

Part 2: Why do you think Barbara expected to be seen as different in some way?

Part 3: Were you surprised that the other coworkers didn't have a bigger reaction? Why or why not?

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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