Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Introduction: Getting Ready".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in 1998, the hourly wage necessary to afford a one bedroom apartment was _________.
(a) $7.50
(b) $6.50
(c) $10.00
(d) $8.89

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

4. 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.
(a) Marxist
(b) Liberal
(c) Curse-filled
(d) Long-winded

5. Having spend her life with ____________ struggling people, the author is not happy about getting the assignment.
(a) Middle class
(b) Non-
(c) Upper class
(d) Lower class

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the going gets too rough for Barbara, she admits she will use ____________ to get by.

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 makes the common that the ____________ is too low and that someone used to more should try to live with it.

(see the answer key)

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