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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. What is Lonely No More?

2. Who designs Mr. Monaga's posters?

3. What is the narrator's first original trivia series about?

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

5. Who is very invested in the trivia on the rice cracker packets?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is the narrator's office located?

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

5. Who is Ms. Fujiko?

6. Who is Mrs. Tadokoro?

7. What is Lonely No More?

8. Who is Mrs. Otomo?

9. Who is Mr. Monaga?

10. Who is Mrs. Fujiko?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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