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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. Since Barbara is far from any grocery store, she needs to live on __________ when she eats.

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

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

4. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.

5. One manager threatens to take the _______________ privilege from the employees even though this is their only hideout to smoke or eat.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. What are some of the other reasons why Barbara doesn't really want to take on the assignment of working for minimum wage?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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