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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long after her job interview does the Woman land her new job?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 1 month.

3. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?
(a) He has a lot of wild parties.
(b) His wife bosses him around.
(c) He lives alone.
(d) He is very poor.

4. 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 moved to Europe.
(b) Arishima-san was a troublemaker who must be in jail.
(c) Arishima-san passed away several years ago.
(d) Arishima-san was her imaginary friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?

2. Considering all the advice Supervisor Tsukada gives to the Woman, how long does the narrator feel it will take her to complete training?

3. Who thwarts the narrator's efforts to introduce herself to the Woman while on her break one afternoon?

4. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?

5. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?

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