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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ask her boss about personal mail deliveries?
(a) If he likes getting mail.
(b) If she can have mail delivered to the office.
(c) If he gets mail at work.
(d) If she can have letters delivered to the office.

2. Who spends most of his time at home in the first chapter of the book?
(a) No one.
(b) The narrator's boss.
(c) Yamae.
(d) The narrator's father.

3. What does Yamae collect?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Movies.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Gems.

4. What is the narrator's first task at her new job in "The Bus Advertising Job"?
(a) To write an ad.
(b) To edit an ad.
(c) To record an ad.
(d) To film an ad.

5. What does the narrator notice about Yamae's movie-watching habits?
(a) He only likes action movies.
(b) He has bad taste in movies.
(c) They are erratic.
(d) He hates documentaries.

6. Why does Yamae get a new coffee maker?
(a) He gets sent one.
(b) He likes coffee.
(c) He does not get a new coffee maker.
(d) His old one breaks.

7. What time does Ms. Eriguchi go home every day?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 2 p.m.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

8. What is Yamae often receiving?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Packages.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Letters.

9. What building strikes the narrator while on a bus ride?
(a) A church.
(b) A high school.
(c) A university.
(d) The Flamenco Centre.

10. Why is Yamae being surveilled?
(a) He is not being surveilled.
(b) He is an accessory to a crime.
(c) He is cheating on his wife.
(d) He is a criminal.

11. At the beginning of the book, where did the narrator move after quitting her job?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) Her boyfriend's house.
(c) Australia.
(d) Her parents' house.

12. What is the Albatross?
(a) A bus.
(b) A bike.
(c) A train.
(d) A plane.

13. What does Yamae do for a living?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a writer.
(c) He is a chef.
(d) He is a doctor.

14. What does the narrator do for lunch when she is unsure of what to eat?
(a) She eats what Yamae eats.
(b) She eats salad.
(c) She eats sushi.
(d) She eats nothing.

15. In "The Bus Advertising Job," what does the narrator's new job entail?
(a) Selling chocolates.
(b) Writing movies.
(c) Writing ads.
(d) Cooking meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bus Advertising Job," who usually keeps to themselves?

2. What happens to a business after the narrator deletes its ad?

3. How does the narrator know Yamae?

4. In "The Bus Advertising Job," who announces they are leaving the company at lunch one day?

5. What does the target get in the mail at the beginning of the book?

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