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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are employees to think of themselves as when they are working for Wal-Mart?

2. Frequently, owners of homes will set up ___________ to keep an eye on the housekeeping help that are in their homes

3. _____________ is a woman who simply picked up and moved to Florida because she heard the rents were better than New Jersey.

4. What does Barbara accidentally shatter in her efforts to help Holly not have to work as hard?

5. _______ used in the bathroom are also going to be used in the kitchen, according to the instruction of The Maids.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Barbara decide about the entire hiring process after noticing she didn't even ask about salary at Menards?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It seems that the odds are against those who are in minimum wage jobs. From the costs of housing to the way these workers are often not paid well, it seems the cycle of poverty may never end.

Part 1: Why do you think minimum wage workers can not get ahead in their lives?

Part 2: Do you think outside influences are the main reasons why people can not lift themselves from poverty? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think society willfully creates conditions in which minimum wage workers can not succeed? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Barbara seems to be a good person, someone who looks out for others and even stands up for them when they are being taken advantage of.

Part 1: Do you think Barbara is a good person? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think Barbara would have stood up for Holly, for example, if she had actually had to rely on her job for money?

Part 3: How do you think Barbara's assignments affected the way she interacted with the other workers? Or didn't it?

Essay Topic 3

Many times, the workers Barbara is with seem resigned to the life in which they have been a part.

Part 1: Why do you think the workers Barbara meets don't really understand that things could be better?

Part 2: Why do you think the workers around Barbara don't know their rights and don't believe them when Barbara tells them what they should expect?

Part 3: Why do you think the workers aren't motivated to do more for themselves?

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