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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. What does one company want her to sell, promising her $1650 for doing 54 two hour appointments?

2. What does Barbara have to surrender when she goes in for her drug test at the hospital?

3. Barbara describes a feeling of hopeless __________ in her position as a maid, even when she is in public in her uniform.

4. What is one of the things Barbara is NOT handed when she goes back to Menards?

5. What are managers to think of themselves as when they are working at Wal-Mart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of Caroline, the women Barbara uses as a guide to her own difficult situation in Minneapolis?

2. Describe what 'time theft' is according to Wal-Mart and its slick produced videos that the author watches during orientation.

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

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

5. Why so the Maids think that the job they are offering is easy for someone to learn and to do?

6. What does the long employment test at a Wal-Mart job fair seem to be trying to do?

7. What does the author admit to doing which is making her a little nervous about the drug test she needs to take?

8. When Barbara goes back to Wal-Mart in order to fill out a new test, what happens when she gets a few wrong?

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

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

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

It could be said that the author's own personal experiences are influencing the way she sees the situations around her.

Part 1: How does one's past affect the way they see the future, do you think?

Part 2: In what ways are the author's descriptions and experiences influenced by her education and her past experiences?

Part 3: Do you think the author could ever be completely objective? 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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