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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 sometimes comes to work in pajamas in "The Surveillance Job"?

2. What happens to a business after the narrator deletes its ad?

3. What does Yamae do for a living?

4. What reason does the narrator give Mrs. Masakado for leaving the surveillance job?

5. Where is Yamae's coffee maker stored?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator decide at the end of the first chapter?

3. What reason does the narrator give Mrs. Masakado for leaving her last job?

4. Who is Mrs. Oizumi?

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

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

7. What is the Albatross?

8. What project is Yamae working on?

9. What does Yamae do for a living?

10. Who is Yamae Yamamoto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's bus advertising job. 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 the narrator's postering 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 theme of mental health. Who struggles with their mental health in the novel, and why? In what ways do they seek to better themselves mentally and emotionally?

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