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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Barbara punished with when she points out that a manager is calling one of his employees by the incorrect name?
(a) Reduced wages
(b) Being sent home early
(c) Loss of tips
(d) Extra work

2. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.
(a) Education
(b) Jewelry
(c) Car
(d) Writing career

3. The manager, ________, yells at Barbara for a confused breakfast and a yuppie customer complains too.
(a) Joy
(b) George
(c) Millie
(d) Stu

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

5. Barbara feels to truly replicate the experience of a minimum wage worker, she would need to have a few __________ in tow too.
(a) Bill collectors
(b) Boyfriends
(c) Relatives
(d) Children

6. Barbara states, "Someone ought to do the old-fashioned kind of ________ - you know, go out there and try it for themselves."
(a) Experiment
(b) Journalism
(c) Investigation
(d) Writing

7. Barbara does admit that she modified her __________ when she was new at the job and wanted to fit in.
(a) Hairstyle
(b) Vocabulary
(c) Makeup
(d) Clothing

8. The businesses place ads in the paper so they can always have a pool of __________ from which to hire at any time.
(a) Applications
(b) Desperate workers
(c) Cheap labor
(d) Women

9. Later it is rumored that Stu was guilty of stealing money to support his __________ habit.
(a) Alcohol
(b) Cigarette
(c) Crack cocaine
(d) Marijuana

10. Barbara admits that at the end of the project, she did break down and ____________, stealthily, though, and never within hearing of management.
(a) Rant
(b) Laugh
(c) Cry
(d) Admit her assignment

11. How long do Carlie and Barbara work before they take a break from their housekeeping work?
(a) 10 hours
(b) 4 hours
(c) 5 hours
(d) 8 hours

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

13. What area of the restaurant is locked up when it is assumed that the dishwasher is stealing from the restaurant?
(a) Dry storage
(b) Office
(c) Bathroom
(d) Meat locker

14. 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) Health benefit package
(c) Break schedule
(d) Worker hour restriction

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Barbara realizes she will need ____________ in order to pay for her apartment.

3. Barbara notes that her sister constantly complained about the hopelessness of being a ____________.

4. When Barbara is paired up with Carlie on her first shift, Carlie is angry they have 19 _________ to swab down in just one shift.

5. What does Barbara not want to mention when she is out in her new working life?

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