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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. Barbara can not afford gas money because of the $30 she has to spend on a ___________ for her restaurant job.
(a) Uniform
(b) Set of pencils
(c) Book
(d) Application fee

2. What does Ehrenreich discover about her uniform when she is heading over to her second job?
(a) It is stained
(b) It is too small
(c) It is at home
(d) It is ripped

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

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

5. Many of the businesses in town seem to place ads in the paper ____________ so as to always have applicants.
(a) Constantly
(b) On Mondays
(c) On Sundays
(d) Once in a while

Short Answer Questions

1. Barbara is concerned that her biggest challenge will be to hide her _____________, even though this does not turn out to be an issue.

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

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

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

5. Barbara asks the manager of her trailer park to donate her security deposit to ________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What statement does the author make which leads to her getting the assignment to write this book?

5. What is the one thing that Barbara says she will not mention as she is applying and working during this experiment?

6. Why do people end up living with others or in conditions they don't want to live in, according to Barbara?

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

8. When Stu says that drugs have been found at the restaurant, what do the employees speculate about this action?

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

10. What does the bad tempered cook like to do sometimes back in the kitchen, according to Barbara?

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