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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. Why is the narrator hungry at the beginning of the book?

2. Who spends most of his time at home in the first chapter of the book?

3. Who has a farewell party at work in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

4. Who seems to always be at work in "The Surveillance Job"?

5. What is the narrator's first task at her new job in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Albatross?

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

5. Who is Ms. Eriguchi?

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

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

8. What does Yamae do for a living?

9. Who is Mrs. Masakado?

10. What does Yamae collect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore narrator's relationship to her coworkers. How does she behave within and understand these relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the narrator's job. What is her job, and what does she think of it? Are these thoughts mostly positive or negative? Use evidence from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore work culture as it is depicted in the novel. What is the author positing about the nature of work/labor?

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