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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Supervisor Hamomoto tell the Woman in the Purple Skirt Supervisor Tachibana takes from work?
(a) Towels and bed linen.
(b) Leftover champagne.
(c) Candy.
(d) Coffee and tea.

2. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?
(a) Voice training.
(b) Time management.
(c) Tracking complementary items.
(d) Organizing her cart.

3. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell the Woman she should eat for breakfast before work?
(a) Rice.
(b) Noodles.
(c) Meat.
(d) A bagel.

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

5. 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 thin she is.
(c) How unkempt her hair is.
(d) How overweight she is.

6. What job does the narrator highlight for the Woman in the first job magazine she leaves for her?
(a) Office cleaner.
(b) Telephone operator.
(c) Newspaper deliverer.
(d) Parcel Sorter.

7. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) She used to own a cafe.
(b) She used to be a famous singer.
(c) She is being stalked by someone.
(d) She used to be a short distance runner.

8. What did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Deliver her mail.
(b) Bump into her.
(c) Call her and pretend she dialed the wrong number.
(d) Sit near her on the bench.

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

10. How often does the staff have their meetings with the manager?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Bi-monthly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Weekly.

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

12. What article of clothing does the narrator use to define herself?
(a) Yellow Cardigan.
(b) Red Blouse.
(c) Green Dress.
(d) Blue Shorts.

13. Who thwarts the narrator's efforts to introduce herself to the Woman while on her break one afternoon?
(a) The director.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Supervisor Hamomoto.

14. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?
(a) Acting.
(b) Biology.
(c) Creative writing.
(d) Accounting.

15. How long has it been since the narrator last saw her sister?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 years.

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. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?

3. What wound does the narrator believe her sister may still have from the time they fought over the last bite of purin?

4. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?

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

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