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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 Barbara have to surrender when she goes in for her drug test at the hospital?
(a) Her purse
(b) Her jacket
(c) Her driver's license
(d) Her sweater

2. The Maids calculate their wages by ________, which makes it difficult to know what a person is being paid.
(a) Hour
(b) Week
(c) Month
(d) Year

3. At the Wal-Mart job fair, Barbara fills out a long test which seems to push her into claiming total ___________ and complete obedience.
(a) Availability
(b) Fidelity
(c) Perfection
(d) Honesy

4. _____________ is a woman who simply picked up and moved to Florida because she heard the rents were better than New Jersey.
(a) Milly
(b) Margerie
(c) Caroline
(d) Dawn

5. In what department does Barbara find she will work when she is as employee for Wal-Mart?
(a) Shoe
(b) Women's
(c) Kid's
(d) Men's

Short Answer Questions

1. The author concludes that the hiring process is designed to ____________ workers down and make them agree to anything.

2. What is hurting Barbara as she is filling up the dishwasher with dishes and carrying away the dirty items?

3. _____________ has to support her husband and an elderly relative on 30 to 50 dollars each week.

4. Rosalie worked so hard as a _____________ in her childhood that her rotator cuff is damaged, though she continues to work through the pain.

5. It is Wal-Mart's policy to ____________ clothing in order to make the shopping experience slightly different.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author decide to go to Maine for her next working assignment?

2. After Barbara takes her drug test, what does she do in terms of her job hunting?

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

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

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

6. What is the rate of pay that the Merry Maids claims to offer to those who work for them?

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

8. What does the long employment test at a Wal-Mart job fair seem to be trying to do?

9. What is the one upside of the Twin Lakes apartment that compels Barbara to sign up for a lease there?

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

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