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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 asks the manager of her trailer park to donate her security deposit to ________.
(a) George
(b) Stu
(c) Millie
(d) Gail

2. Ruthie decides to pour _____________ on Barbara's breakfast and jokes again and again that Barbara should be called Barbara Bush.
(a) Salt
(b) Orange juice
(c) Water
(d) Tobasco sause

3. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.
(a) To stop driving
(b) Another job
(c) More tips
(d) Less food

4. Marge and Holly talk about how low wage ____________ even look down on maids when they are out.
(a) Bus boys
(b) Factory workers
(c) Farm workers
(d) Waitresses

5. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Few months
(b) Month
(c) Year
(d) Week

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara admits she has two things going for her as a minimum wage worker - she is ________ and she is a native English speaker.

2. Barbara notes that she made a rule that she had to work hard at her jobs to keep them, not go off on ________ rants or sneak off to read novels in the ladies' room.

3. Barbara will keep driving a beat up ____________ car, though she knows many minimum wage workers can not.

4. Barbara will take the ____________ paying minimum wage job she can find when she's off on assignment.

5. What does Barbara accidentally shatter in her efforts to help Holly not have to work as hard?

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