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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 wondered why there wasn't more indignation about her ruse, realizing that it was probably because people's notion of __________ is different than she thinks it should be.
(a) Reporting
(b) Lying
(c) Working
(d) Writing

2. Working class people are driven to live in ____________ since rents are so high in the areas where they work.
(a) Shelters
(b) Their cars
(c) Friends' homes
(d) Motels

3. The workers at The Maids get free ________ when they arrive at work in the morning, but have to wear uniforms.
(a) Pancakes
(b) Eggs
(c) Donuts
(d) Energy bars

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

5. Barbara makes the common that the ____________ is too low and that someone used to more should try to live with it.
(a) Minimum wage
(b) Break schedule
(c) Worker hour restriction
(d) Health benefit package

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?

3. Barbara begins to realize that when she is a maid, she is not ____________ to be a maid. She really is a maid.

4. When a manager sees Barbara having a little __________ during her shift, she is scolded, but instead of fighting it, she walks out.

5. The Maids say the work they do will be easy because cleaning is in our __________, notes Barbara.

(see the answer key)

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