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1. Who does the narrator follow at the start of the story? Where does she go each week? What does she buy? Where does she sit after?

The narrator follows a woman she refers to as the Woman in the Purple Skirt. The Woman goes to the same bakery each week and purchases a cream bun. The Woman then goes to the park and sits on the same bench, which the narrator calls The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat.

2. In what ways does the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind the narrator of her sister? What is the narrator's relationship with her sister?

The Woman in the Purple Skirt reminds the narrator of her sister in the way she savors the last bite of her food. The narrator and her sister have not spoken for 20 years. She describes a fight they had years ago over the last bite of purin. The narrator still has a scar from that fight and assumes her sister must as well.

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