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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. Who does Barbara have to hide from when she is trying to make a last ditch effort to find a place to stay when in Minnesota?

2. What does Barbara have to care for when she stays in a friend's house at the beginning of her adventure in Minnesota?

3. What is the title of the job Barbara takes at the Woodcrest residential facility, an elder care facility?

4. At the Wal-Mart job fair, Barbara fills out a long test which seems to push her into claiming total ___________ and complete obedience.

5. Why is it strange that the author decides to go to a religious revival meeting on her night off?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author decide to go to Maine for her next working assignment?

2. After Barbara takes her drug test, what does she do in terms of her job hunting?

3. What does the unattractive young cook at the elder care facility reveal to Barbara as they are out on a smoke break?

4. What is the rate of pay that the Merry Maids claims to offer to those who work for them?

5. What does the prissy women at the first Maids job Barbara is on do for her baby?

6. What comes in the emergency food package that Barbara eventually gets from the Community Emergency Assistance Program?

7. What are the workers in Portland, Maine expected to do as the wages seem to be falling between $6 and $7 an hour?

8. What does Barbara decide about the entire hiring process after noticing she didn't even ask about salary at Menards?

9. What is Barbara's living arrangement when she first gets into town in Minneapolis?

10. What does Menards offers to Barbara eventually when they call up to hire her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barbara begins to recognize that her thinking is shifting when she becomes upset over the littlest things.

Part 1: Why do you think Barbara is beginning to get upset over the littlest things are her jobs?

Part 2: In what ways do some of the places of employment try to make the employees feel responsible for their work?

Part 3: Do you think it's healthy for an employee to become stressed out about the work they have done? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

It seems that most of the places where Barbara worked didn't want to give employees any time off or any breaks.

Part 1: Why do you think the places of employment were unwilling to give breaks to the workers?

Part 2: What do you think may have happened to morale and productivity if the employees had been allowed to take breaks?

Part 3: Why do you think breaks are necessary within the course of a working shift?

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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