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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 is Lonely No More?

2. Who does the narrator take out to lunch on a whim?

3. Who is Mrs. Omae?

4. Who is a fan of rice crackers?

5. Who cheers the narrator up at lunch when she feels discouraged in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

2. What is the narrator's new job?

3. Who is Mr. Monaga?

4. Who designs the posters the narrator hands out?

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

6. Why is Mr. Kiyota taking a break?

7. Who is Mr. Kiyota?

8. What is Lonely No More?

9. Who does the narrator take out for lunch in "The Postering 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 narrator's surveillance job. What does she make of this job? Is her experience an overall positive or negative one?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore work culture as it is depicted in the novel. What is the author positing about the nature of work/labor?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore narrator's relationship to Mrs. Masakado. What does Mrs. Masakado do for the narrator, and why does the narrator constantly feel guilty in her presence?

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