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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. In "The Cracker Packet Job," who does the narrator eat with lunch at work?

2. Who is Mrs. Omae?

3. Who throws a cake wrapper at the narrator?

4. Who vandalizes Mr. Monaga's office?

5. In "The Postering Job," what does the narrator's new job entail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's first original series for her company in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

2. Who is Mrs. Fujiko?

3. What is the narrator's new job?

4. Who is Mrs. Otomo?

5. Who vandalizes Mr. Monaga's window?

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

7. In "The Postering Job," what kind of job does the narrator tell Mrs. Masakdao she wants?

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

9. Where is the narrator's office located?

10. Who is Reiko?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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