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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 Barbara have to leave in her disgusting hotel room, even though she does not want to?

2. What is the one thing Barbara will be able to avoid a bit more from her new apartment's location?

3. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.

4. What costs $10 to use when she is staying at the Clearview Inn before her apartment will be ready?

5. It is Wal-Mart's policy to ____________ clothing in order to make the shopping experience slightly different.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the one line of work that Barbara does not even apply for since she does not have the proper clothing?

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

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

10. What are the titles that Wal-Mart wants its employees to think of themselves as?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The argument of responsibility is one that takes on a subtle tone in this manuscript. The author too seems to believe that if a person takes responsibility for themselves, they can do more and be more.

Part 1: Do you believe people stay in poverty because they lack an attitude of responsibility? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think people in poverty situations are aware of their situations? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think some people in poverty don't take more responsibility for their situation or for their future?

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

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?

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