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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. What does Mrs. Tadokoro tell the narrator about her husband?

2. Why does the narrator feel discouraged after pitching ideas to the director in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

3. Who is happy about the narrator's new job in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

4. What does the narrator realize doing the job at the cracker company?

5. In "The Postering Job," how many colleagues does the narrator have at her new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is happy about the narrator's new job?

2. Why is Mr. Kiyota taking a break?

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

4. What is located on the ground floor of the narrator's work building in the second chapter?

5. What is Lonely No More?

6. What does Mrs. Omae do when people knock on her door?

7. Where is the narrator's office located?

8. Who is Mrs. Fujiko?

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

10. Who designs the posters the narrator hands out?

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 in which you explore the concept of burnout. Who experience burnout in the novel, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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