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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. What does the narrator decide at the end of "The Bus Advertising Job"?

2. What does the narrator notice about Yamae's movie-watching habits?

3. What food does the narrator want to buy while it's on sale at the grocery store?

4. Why does the narrator receive a bonus?

5. Why does Mr. Kazetani start leaving work periodically?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mrs. Masakado?

3. Who is Mr. Someya?

4. Who is Ms. Eriguchi?

5. Who is Mr. Kazetani?

6. Why does the narrator create a warning anouncement for a bus company?

7. Who is Mrs. Oizumi?

8. Why is Yamae being surveilled?

9. What project is Yamae working on?

10. What strange occurances does the narrator notice at her job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's narrative tone. What is the nature of this tone? In what ways does the tone(s) support the themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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