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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 has a young child in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

2. What ad does the narrator delete from the files in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

3. What project is Yamae working on?

4. Who catches the narrator studying a map in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Oizumi?

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

3. What does Yamae do for a living?

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

5. Who is Mr. Kazetani?

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

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

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

9. Who is Yamae Yamamoto?

10. Who is Ms. Eriguchi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the various settings of the book. Choose one particular setting and describe its significance to the characters and the story as a whole. Why is this setting important to the novel? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's desire to obtain only jobs without substance. What is she avoiding in a deeper sense?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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