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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 does Mrs. Omae introduce to the narrator?

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

3. What is the narrator's first original trivia series about?

4. What does the narrator ask Mrs. Togawa to do for her?

5. Who throws a cake wrapper at the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

5. Who is Mr. Kiyota?

6. Who is Mrs. Fujiko?

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

8. Where is the narrator's office located?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore relationship between labor and one's mental health as it is depicted in the novel. In what ways are the two intrinsically connected? What impact does work have on a person psychologically?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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