Nickel and Dimed: Study Questions #1

Introduction

1. Why did Barbara Ehrenreich undertake this research?

2. What did she expect to find?

3. Did Ehrenreich grow up wealthy?

4. What were Ehrenreich's three "Rules"?

5. What were Ehrenreich's three "limits" to tribulations?

6. What were Ehrenreich's four advantages?

7. What do you think of her project?

Part 1: Serving in Florida

1. For the first part of her research project where does Ehrenreich live and why?

2. What job does she find?

3. How does she do at first?

4. What surprises her?

5. How does she describe Management?

6. Where do some of her co-workers live?

7. What happens at the end of this section?

8. What does Ehrenreich learn about the poor in this section? Is this what she expected?

9. What is your response to her experiences?

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