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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Introduction: Getting Ready".

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) White
(b) Educated
(c) Woman
(d) Available

2. The author also doesn't want to live in an _____________ building when she is off on her assignment.
(a) Ill built
(b) Illuminated
(c) Apartment
(d) Inferior

3. Barbara began to realize that the only thing that made her special and separate from others at her workplace was her lack of __________.
(a) Debt
(b) Driver's license
(c) Ripped clothing
(d) Experience

4. What is Barbara's PhD in, according to her own admittance?
(a) English
(b) Public Policy
(c) Biology
(d) Business

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.

2. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.

3. What would Barbara use in order to document her daily experiences after her shifts were done for the day?

4. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.

5. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."

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