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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. How is the narrator let go from the postering job?

2. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

3. What is the on back of every rice cracker packet?

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

5. In "The Cracker Packet Job," why did the narrator's predecessor leave his position?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who designs the posters the narrator hands out?

2. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

3. Who is Mr. Monaga?

4. What is the main part of the narrator's job?

5. What is Lonely No More?

6. What is the narrator's new job?

7. Who is Mr. Kiyota?

8. Why is Mr. Kiyota taking a break?

9. Who is Reiko?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 the theme of mental health. Who struggles with their mental health in the novel, and why? In what ways do they seek to better themselves mentally and emotionally?

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