Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting by in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barbara promises to spend a _________ in each location in order to get a sense of the area.
(a) Month
(b) Year
(c) Week
(d) Few months

2. At the ____________, the interviewer Barbara meets warns her about labor organizers, to avoid them.
(a) Wal-Mart
(b) Factory
(c) Drugstore
(d) Grocery store

3. For what magazine does the author of "Nickel and Dimed" work when she is beginning her assignment?
(a) New England Journal
(b) New Yorker
(c) New York Times
(d) NY Gazette

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

5. Barbara will give up completely on the project if it seems she will be ___________, if only for one night.
(a) Hungry
(b) Homeless
(c) Out of contact
(d) Sick

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

7. 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) $6.50
(c) $7.50
(d) $10.00

8. What is the 'dream job' that Barbara lands in addition to her restaurant job, taking on both when in Florida?
(a) Office work
(b) Librarian
(c) Housekeeping
(d) Factory work

9. As Barbara downs coffee who does she notice is looking haggard when she shows up for her next job?
(a) Millie
(b) Stu
(c) Carlie
(d) George

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

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

12. Barbara is also not willing to make up a _____________ in order to pad her resume as she is going off to find jobs.
(a) Work life
(b) Number of children
(c) False life
(d) Husband

13. Barbara begins to realize that when she is a maid, she is not ____________ to be a maid. She really is a maid.
(a) Pretending
(b) Desiring
(c) Trying
(d) Training

14. What is the name of the young Czech dishwasher who Barbara befriends when she is working at the restaurant?
(a) George
(b) Billy
(c) Stu
(d) Joseph

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

3. The other staff of the hotel refuses to exchange _________ with the housekeepers or show any sort of respect.

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

5. A middle aged waitress named __________ takes Barbara under her wing when she first begins her new job.

(see the answer keys)

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