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

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

3. The workers at The Maids get free ________ when they arrive at work in the morning, but have to wear uniforms.
(a) Eggs
(b) Donuts
(c) Energy bars
(d) Pancakes

4. The workers have troubles coming up with two dollars to buy a new ___________ when one is left behind at the office.
(a) Rag
(b) Squeegee
(c) Bottle of cleaner
(d) Sponge

5. When any employees does something for his or herself instead of for the store, Wal-Mart calls them a ____________.
(a) Time thief
(b) Bad worker
(c) Wal-Mart enemy
(d) Poor choice worker

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the low wages that are paid in the area, people who are working at minimum wage are expected to ____________.

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

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

4. Barbara begins to realize that she is acting like an unhappy __________ when she argues with another worker at Wal-Mart.

5. At the Wal-Mart job fair, Barbara fills out a long test which seems to push her into claiming total ___________ and complete obedience.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What surprises Barbara about the cleaning method of The Maids, as described in the book?

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

4. When Barbara goes back to Wal-Mart in order to fill out a new test, what happens when she gets a few wrong?

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

6. When Barbara's skin breaks out in an odd rash, what does her boss seem to think the problem is?

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

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

9. What does the unattractive young cook at the elder care facility reveal to Barbara as they are out on a smoke break?

10. What comes in the emergency food package that Barbara eventually gets from the Community Emergency Assistance Program?

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