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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Mrs. Oizumi?
(a) The narrator's daughter.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The narrator's coworker.

3. What does the narrator ask her boss about personal mail deliveries?
(a) If she can have mail delivered to the office.
(b) If he gets mail at work.
(c) If she can have letters delivered to the office.
(d) If he likes getting mail.

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

5. What does Mr. Someya suggest Yamae is paranoid about?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Notihng.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Burglars.

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

7. Who seems to always be at work in "The Surveillance Job"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Mrs. Omi.
(c) Mr. Someya.
(d) Yamae.

8. What does the narrator decide at the end of "The Surveillance Job"?
(a) To quit.
(b) To get another job.
(c) To stay at the job.
(d) To ask for a raise.

9. Where does the narrator live in relation to her office in "The Surveillance Job"?
(a) Three hours away.
(b) Down the street.
(c) An hour away.
(d) Across the street.

10. Where are the cameras in Yamae's house hidden?
(a) In his fridge.
(b) In his closet.
(c) In his cupboard.
(d) On his roof.

11. Why is the narrator hungry at the beginning of the book?
(a) She has not eaten all day.
(b) She is fasting.
(c) The man she is spying on is eating.
(d) She is not hungry.

12. What is found in one of Yamae's DVD cases?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Gems.
(c) Money.
(d) Weapons.

13. What reason does the narrator give Mrs. Masakado for leaving the surveillance job?
(a) She hated her boss.
(b) She hated the work.
(c) She does not give a reason.
(d) She did not like sitting for too long.

14. What does the narrator notice about Yamae's writing?
(a) He only writes fiction.
(b) He is always writing something different.
(c) He is a bad writer.
(d) He only writes non-fiction.

15. Who spends most of his time at home in the first chapter of the book?
(a) No one.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's boss.
(d) Yamae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a local predator using to lure schoolchildren in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

2. What is Ito Packaging?

3. Who is Mrs. Masakado?

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

5. How does Yamae influence the narrator?

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