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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. Why does the narrator get stressed about her job in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

2. Who shares the narrator's office in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

3. What starts happening to the narrator during lunchtime in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

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

5. What does the narrator ask Mrs. Togawa to do for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Kiyota taking a break?

2. Who vandalizes Mr. Monaga's window?

3. What happens at the end of the chapter in "The Postering Job"?

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

5. Who is Mrs. Tadokoro?

6. Who is happy about the narrator's new job?

7. What is the narrator's new job after the cracker packet job?

8. Who is Mr. Monaga?

9. What does Mrs. Omae do when people knock on her door?

10. Where is the narrator's office located?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's bus advertising job. What does she make of this job? Is her experience an overall positive or negative one?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the various settings of the book. Choose one particular setting and describe its significance to the characters and the story as a whole. Why is this setting important to the novel? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore relationship between labor and one's mental health as it is depicted in the novel. In what ways are the two intrinsically connected? What impact does work have on a person psychologically?

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