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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Serving in Florida".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what publication does the editor who assigns the story to Barbara work?
(a) Glamour
(b) Harper's
(c) Redbook
(d) Ladies Home Journal

2. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?
(a) Joseph
(b) Billy
(c) Roger
(d) Stu

3. Barbara admits she has two things going for her as a minimum wage worker - she is ________ and she is a native English speaker.
(a) White
(b) Educated
(c) Woman
(d) Available

4. The other staff of the hotel refuses to exchange _________ with the housekeepers or show any sort of respect.
(a) Pleasantries
(b) Compliments
(c) Names
(d) Duties

5. Barbara begins to realize that minimum wage workers are no less ____________ or intelligent than she is.
(a) Bored
(b) Eager
(c) Capable
(d) Exhausted

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Barbara uses for the family restaurant where she chooses to work first in Florida?

2. Barbara asks the manager of her trailer park to donate her security deposit to ________.

3. The author most dislikes the visible __________ at the restaurant where she works since they complain and never leave good tips.

4. Barbara certainly does not want to do hard ________ labor when she is working at her new jobs.

5. Gail reveals that she had to live in _______ and pee into a plastic bottle after her boyfriend she lives with suddenly dies.

(see the answer key)

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