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HONR 2100: Modern Legacies
Christa Albrecht-Crane
Quiz #19, April 14
Reading: Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed, pp. 1-49.
Quiz Question1:
At the end of her introduction, Ehrenreich notes that the book she has written is based on “the
best-case scenario: a person with every advantage that ethnicity and education, health and
motivation can confer” (10). In other words, she tells us here that she is privileged in her society
because of her skin color, educational experience, health, and motivation. So, the jobs she takes
are jobs that normally individuals like herself would NOT take. What does she notice, then,
about social issues such as health, motivation, or ethnicity that she has never noticed before?
Mention specific details; feel free to make a list, but give page numbers and explain each point in
your own words.