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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerry's restaurant close off to employees since they don't want other employees lingering there during breaks?
(a) Break room
(b) Outside area
(c) Dining room
(d) Bar

2. When Barbara walks out of the restaurant, she feels _______ instead of feeling enraged, as she expects to.
(a) Happy
(b) Relieved
(c) Defeat
(d) Grateful

3. 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) Children
(c) Boyfriends
(d) Relatives

4. Barbara is surprised that she feels a strong urge to ________ the patrons who she meets.
(a) Avoid
(b) Ignore
(c) Nuture
(d) Impress

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara does not want to live a life of _________ or discomfort when it comes to this new assignment.

2. Many of the businesses in town seem to place ads in the paper ____________ so as to always have applicants.

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

4. What are they listening to at full volume as they are cleaning each of the hotel rooms?

5. What is the name of the cook who occasionally throws meat against the wall during his shift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens if Barbara thinks she will have to go homeless, even for one night during this experiment?

2. Once Barbara begins to let go of her elitist attitude, what does she realize about the workers around her?

3. Describe the first apartment that Barbara finds when she is out looking for her first new 'home' for the assignment.

4. What are some of the other reasons why Barbara doesn't really want to take on the assignment of working for minimum wage?

5. What is Barbara's fear about working in the area where she currently lives, Key West?

6. What does Barbara find out about Gail and what she has to do when her boyfriend suddenly dies?

7. What does Barbara think, at the start of the experiment, will be the biggest challenge during this assignment?

8. How long a period of time will the author spend in each location?

9. What kind of job does Barbara say that she will take, money-wise, at least at the start of the experiment?

10. Why doesn't Barbara think the physical exertion of her new job should be bothering her so much?

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