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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 is one of the things Barbara is NOT handed when she goes back to Menards?
(a) Knife
(b) Tool belt
(c) Water
(d) Tape

2. What does Barbara have to leave in her disgusting hotel room, even though she does not want to?
(a) Uniforms
(b) Clothing
(c) Food
(d) Laptop

3. What is the title of the job Barbara takes at the Woodcrest residential facility, an elder care facility?
(a) Housekeeper
(b) Nurse's aide
(c) Dietary aid
(d) Medical assistant

4. What is the first thing the woman in #118 found in order to help her get started in her new life?
(a) A motel
(b) A job
(c) Church group
(d) Welfare office

5. What city in Minnesota does Barbara choose in order to find a new job in her assignment?
(a) St. Paul Town
(b) Salmon Lake
(c) Minneapolis
(d) Springfield

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barbara returns to her home in Clearview, she finds out that __________ is covering the floor of her room, requiring her to move to a new one.

2. What is the next place Barbara goes to in order to try to avoid drug testing and get more money?

3. According tot he ACLU, the process of drug testing ___________ improve the chances of screening out addicts.

4. Linda wants the author to think of her work at Woodcrest as __________ work, though the customers wear diapers.

5. What are managers to think of themselves as when they are working at Wal-Mart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the workers in Portland, Maine expected to do as the wages seem to be falling between $6 and $7 an hour?

2. What does Barbara do as the focus of her job at Wal-Mart, as it becomes clearer on the first shift?

3. Describe what 'time theft' is according to Wal-Mart and its slick produced videos that the author watches during orientation.

4. What is the second job that the author takes on in addition to the maid job in Maine?

5. What does the author admit to doing which is making her a little nervous about the drug test she needs to take?

6. What does the author do on a night when she has nothing to do and no money to spend on entertainment?

7. What does the prissy women at the first Maids job Barbara is on do for her baby?

8. What is Barbara's living arrangement when she first gets into town in Minneapolis?

9. What is the story of Caroline, the women Barbara uses as a guide to her own difficult situation in Minneapolis?

10. What are the titles that Wal-Mart wants its employees to think of themselves as?

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