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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who catches the narrator studying a map in "The Bus Advertising Job"?
(a) No one.
(b) Mari.
(c) Mr. Kazetani.
(d) Ms. Eriguchi.

3. Why is the narrator hungry at the beginning of the book?
(a) The man she is spying on is eating.
(b) She is fasting.
(c) She is not hungry.
(d) She has not eaten all day.

4. Who is Machio?
(a) A chef.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An actor.
(d) A character in Yamae's book.

5. In "The Bus Advertising Job," who usually keeps to themselves?
(a) Ms. Eriguchi.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mr. Kazetani.
(d) Mari.

6. In "The Bus Advertising Job," how does the narrator get to work?
(a) Bike.
(b) Boat.
(c) Bus.
(d) Train.

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

8. How does Yamae influence the narrator?
(a) She starts talking like him.
(b) She starts writing like him.
(c) He does not influence her.
(d) She starts eating what he eats.

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

10. What makes Ms. Eriguchi angry?
(a) The narrator.
(b) World hunger.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That there is a predator harrassing chlidren.

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

12. What does Mr. Someya suggest Yamae is paranoid about?
(a) Notihng.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Burglars.

13. Who is Ms. Eriguchi?
(a) The narrator's cousin.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The narrator's coworker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator tell Mr. Kazetani she is suspicious of?

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

3. What does the narrator decide at the end of "The Bus Advertising Job"?

4. What ad does the narrator delete from the files in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

5. Who does the narrator grow suspicious of in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

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