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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Kazetani?

2. Why does the narrator get worried that Yamae knows he is being watched?

3. What does Mrs. Oizumi admit to the narrator?

4. What does Mr. Someya suggest Yamae is paranoid about?

5. What does Yamae collect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the narrator see working at Hanabatake Ads at the end of the chapter?

2. Why does Yamae get a new coffee maker?

3. What job does the narrator get after the surveillance job?

4. Who is Mr. Kazetani?

5. What makes the narrator suspicious of Ms. Eriguchi?

6. What is the first job the narrator has in the book?

7. What project is Yamae working on?

8. What is the Albatross?

9. What is found hidden in one of Yamae's DVD cases?

10. Who does Mr. Kazetani tell the narrator to keep an eye on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's job in the hut in the big forest. What does she make of this job? Is her experience an overall positive or negative one?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore narrator's relationship to Mrs. Masakado. What does Mrs. Masakado do for the narrator, and why does the narrator constantly feel guilty in her presence?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the theme of isolation. In many of her jobs, the narrator works alone or with very few people. How does this isolation affect the narrator and her understanding of herself and her work?

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