Social Critic and Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich Conducted Research to See

Multiple Choice

Social critic and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich conducted research to see if it was possible for the __________ to live on the wages that they were being paid. She demonstrated that people who work full time, year-round, for poverty-level wages must develop survival strategies that include such things as help from relatives or constantly moving from one residence to another in order to have a place to live.

A) working class
B) middle class
C) working poor
D) underclass