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Evaluation
100

What is the name of the restaurant that finds her first job?

Jerry's

100

What is the first job she works?

Waitress
100

Where did she start working?

Key West, Florida

100

What do all her coworkers go through?

Financial struggles

100

How did working 2 jobs affect her?

They affected her physically

200

How much money does she begin her experiment with?

$1,300

200

Why does she try to find a second job?

So she can pay the upcoming rent

200

Where did she live during the experiment (name of the area)?

Trailer park

200

How does she help George?

She helps translate for him and teach him English

200

What does she learn about every job?

There is no unskilled job

300

How much money does she save after she moves closer to Key West?

$4 to $5

300

Where did she find her second job?

Hearthside

300

How did she quit her job?

She walked out the door

300

Where does she meet Gail?

Hearthside

300

How much money did she spend?

$517

400

How much money did she give to Gail before leaving the trailer?

$1,100

400

How much does she make hourly working at Jerry’s?

$2.43

400

Until April 1998, there was no federally mandated right to ____?

Bathroom breaks
400

What is George’s ethnicity?

czech

400

How much did she earn in Portland? (per week)

$300

500

State the amount Barbara earned monthly, working in Key West?

$1,039

500

What was her dream job?

Housekeeping

500

How did she describe her experience after the experiment?

As “relentless concentration” and “sense of failure”

500

How old is George?

19 years old

500

How could she have lived sufficiently in Minneapolis?

If she could have found a cheap apartment

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