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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 throws a cake wrapper at the narrator?

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

3. Who is Mrs. Omae?

4. Who is very invested in the trivia on the rice cracker packets?

5. Which person in the Tadokoro family works?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who designs the posters the narrator hands out?

3. What is the narrator's new job?

4. Who is Mrs. Tadokoro?

5. Why is Mr. Kiyota taking a break?

6. Where is the narrator's office located?

7. Who is Mrs. Otomo?

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

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

10. What is the narrator's new job after the cracker packet 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 in which you explore narrator's relationship to her coworkers. How does she behave within and understand these relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the author’s writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

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