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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 Mrs. Togawa?

2. What must the narrator do with the rice cracker packets?

3. Who shares the narrator's office in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

4. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

5. What is the narrator's new job after the cracker packet job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of the chapter in "The Postering Job"?

2. Who is Reiko?

3. Why is Mr. Kiyota taking a break?

4. Who does the narrator bump into in an alleyway?

5. Who is Mrs. Tadokoro?

6. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

7. What food product does the narrator begin eating regularly?

8. Who is Mrs. Fujiko?

9. Who vandalizes Mr. Monaga's window?

10. Who does the narrator take out for lunch in "The Postering Job"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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