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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of job does the narrator ask Mrs. Masakado for?
(a) A high paying one.
(b) A good one.
(c) A low paying one.
(d) A lowkey one.

2. Who is Machio?
(a) A chef.
(b) An actor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A character in Yamae's book.

3. What project is Yamae working on?
(a) A novel.
(b) A stageplay.
(c) A memoir.
(d) A screenplay.

4. Why does Yamae get a new coffee maker?
(a) He likes coffee.
(b) His old one breaks.
(c) He gets sent one.
(d) He does not get a new coffee maker.

5. What ad does the narrator delete from the files in "The Bus Advertising Job"?
(a) The diner.
(b) The Flamenco Centre.
(c) The primary school.
(d) The grocery store.

6. In "The Bus Advertising Job," who usually keeps to themselves?
(a) Mr. Kazetani.
(b) Ms. Eriguchi.
(c) Mari.
(d) The narrator.

7. What does the narrator decide at the end of "The Bus Advertising Job"?
(a) To leave her job.
(b) To continue with her job.
(c) To start dating.
(d) To get married.

8. Why is Yamae being surveilled?
(a) He is not being surveilled.
(b) He is a criminal.
(c) He is cheating on his wife.
(d) He is an accessory to a crime.

9. Who records the narrator's ads in "The Bus Advertising Job"?
(a) Ms. Katori.
(b) Mr. Kazetani.
(c) No one.
(d) Ms. Eriguchi.

10. What almost happened to the Albatross in recent years?
(a) It almost got sold to another company.
(b) It almost crashed.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It almost shut down.

11. What is the Albatross?
(a) A bus.
(b) A train.
(c) A plane.
(d) A bike.

12. Who does the narrator grow suspicious of in "The Bus Advertising Job"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) His wife.
(c) Mr. Kazetani.
(d) Ms. Eriguchi.

13. What makes Ms. Eriguchi angry?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That there is a predator harrassing chlidren.
(c) World hunger.
(d) The narrator.

14. What does the narrator notice about Yamae's movie-watching habits?
(a) He hates documentaries.
(b) He only likes action movies.
(c) They are erratic.
(d) He has bad taste in movies.

15. Why does the narrator get worried that Yamae knows he is being watched?
(a) He calls her on the phone.
(b) She does not get worried.
(c) He finds the camera.
(d) He starts looking at the camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Kazetani?

2. What does Yamae do for a living?

3. Why does the narrator create a warning announcement in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

4. Why does Yamae start decluttering his house?

5. Who has a young child in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

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