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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Scrubbing in Maine"..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara says that she will not rely on her superior ______________ to support herself.
(a) Education
(b) Name recognition
(c) Resume
(d) Literacy

2. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?
(a) Librarian
(b) Office work
(c) Housekeeping
(d) Factory work

3. The thing Barbara hates to clean most of all is _________ in the bathrooms of their customers.
(a) Sinks
(b) Feces
(c) Urine
(d) Tubs

4. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.
(a) Tourists
(b) Elite
(c) Republicans
(d) Christians

5. Some of the coworkers have to pay $60 a night for a hotel room because they can not save up the ___________ for a first and last month rent payment.
(a) $500
(b) $2000
(c) $100
(d) $1000

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.

2. A look at the local free magazine reveals very little _________ Barbara can afford in the area where she is staying.

3. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?

4. Barbara's father had been a _____________; her uncles and grandfathers worked in the mines or for the Union Pacific.

5. Barbara admits that at the end of the project, she did break down and ____________, stealthily, though, and never within hearing of management.

(see the answer key)

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