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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 36 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt is not working in the third chapter?
(a) She has no electricity.
(b) She does not leave the house.
(c) She seems healthy.
(d) She stops buying cream buns.

2. What wound does the narrator believe her sister may still have from the time they fought over the last bite of purin?
(a) A broken toe.
(b) A scar on her leg.
(c) Bite marks on her thumbs.
(d) A limp.

3. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?
(a) She joined a gang.
(b) She became a police officer.
(c) She died.
(d) She moved to Europe.

4. What did the narrator have to pay to repair after bumping into it one day?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A butcher's display cabinet.
(c) A police car.
(d) A flower shop display window.

5. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?
(a) One potato, Two potato.
(b) Tic-tac-toe.
(c) Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.
(d) Rock-paper-scissors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call the bench the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on each time she goes to the park?

2. What job does the narrator highlight for the Woman in the first job magazine she leaves for her?

3. How does the narrator know The Woman in the Purple Skirt?

4. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?

5. Why is the narrator unsurprised that the Woman in the Purple Skirt struggles to get hired?

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