Question

Why does Ehrenreich lie to Pete, a cook at the Woodcrest Residential Facility,

telling him that she is single when she is not?
A. She realizes that Pete can make her work as a dietary aide either easy or extremely difficult.
B. Although Ehrenreich has a boyfriend, he lives far away in another state, and she finds Pete
attractive and funny.
C. She wants to see if employees are allowed to sexually harass single women.
D. She is about to get a divorce and doesn't want to share her recent troubles with Pete.
E. She suspects Pete is onto her real reason for being there, and she wants to throw him off.

Answer 1

A. She realizes that Pete can make her work as a dietary aide either easy or extremely difficult.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the book, she says that "He or she can either make life relatively easy for a server or, if so disposed, set her up for a serious fall."

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