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

2. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?
(a) Mayuko Hamamoto.
(b) Mayuko Hino.
(c) Hino Gondo.
(d) Mei-chan Hino.

3. Why did the narrator throw away the stick of gum her classmate once gave her in junior high school?
(a) She hated gum.
(b) She was afraid to get in trouble at school.
(c) Her parents did not allow her to chew gum.
(d) She thought it was poisoned.

4. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?
(a) 7:30 a.m.
(b) 6:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 4:45 a.m.

5. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?
(a) A of chocolate.
(b) A banana.
(c) A water bottle.
(d) An orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman share with the children at the park after her first day of work?

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

3. What most disappoints the narrator during the meeting with the manager on Woman in the Purple Skirt's first day?

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

5. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt go each week at the start of the story?

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