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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 is Mr. Kazetani?

2. Who has a young child in "The Bus Advertising Job"?

3. In "The Bus Advertising Job," how does the narrator get to work?

4. Who sometimes comes to work in pajamas in "The Surveillance Job"?

5. At the beginning of the book, where did the narrator move after quitting her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Oizumi?

2. Why is Yamae being surveilled?

3. What makes the narrator suspicious of Ms. Eriguchi?

4. What reason does the narrator give Mrs. Masakado for leaving her last job?

5. Why does Yamae get a new coffee maker?

6. In what way does Yamae influence the narrator?

7. What is the Albatross?

8. Who is Mrs. Masakado?

9. What project is Yamae working on?

10. What does Yamae do for a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore narrator's relationship to her coworkers. How does she behave within and understand these relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the narrator's job. What is her job, and what does she think of it? Are these thoughts mostly positive or negative? Use evidence from the text as support.

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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