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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 feel discouraged after pitching ideas to the director in "The Cracker Packet Job"?

2. In "The Postering Job," what does the narrator's new job entail?

3. Who does not have children in "The Postering Job"?

4. How is the narrator let go from the postering job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main part of the narrator's job?

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

3. Who does the narrator take out for lunch in "The Postering Job"?

4. Where is the narrator's office located?

5. Who is Mr. Kiyota?

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

7. Who designs the posters the narrator hands out?

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

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

10. Who is Mr. Monaga?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's cracker packet job. 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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the narrator's narrative tone. What is the nature of this tone? In what ways does the tone(s) support the themes of the novel?

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