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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 - 80 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman share with the children at the park after her first day of work?
(a) Champagne.
(b) A cream bun.
(c) Her salary.
(d) An apple.

2. What does the Supervisor comment to the Woman about after she changes into her uniform on her first day of work?
(a) How unusual she is.
(b) How overweight she is.
(c) How unkempt her hair is.
(d) How thin she is.

3. Why does the narrator feel certain the Woman in the Purple Skirt must not be Arishima-san, whom she knew from school?
(a) Arishima-san was her imaginary friend.
(b) Arishima-san passed away several years ago.
(c) Arishima-san was a troublemaker who must be in jail.
(d) Arishima-san moved to Europe.

4. How long has the Woman in the Purple Skirt been unemployed when she finally lands a job interview?
(a) A couple of days.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. What is the narrator called at work?
(a) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(b) Supervisor Gondo.
(c) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) Supervisor Hino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family event marked the last time the narrator saw her sister?

2. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?

3. What does the narrator do to try to make extra money?

4. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?

5. What does Supervisor Tsukada give the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the end of her first day, which is meant for hotel guests?

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