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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?
(a) They ignore her.
(b) They drag the man off.
(c) They attack the Woman.
(d) They tell her to be quiet.

2. What information does the narrator keep in her diary regarding the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) How much the director drinks while on a date.
(b) When he goes to her apartment and how often he stays the night.
(c) How often they have the same day off.
(d) How many times they kiss on a date.

3. What does the director realize he lost while out with Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) His wedding ring.
(b) His sunglasses.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His watch.

4. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?
(a) Supervisor Gondo.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) The director.
(d) The hotel.

5. What does the hotel manager says will happen if someone confesses to stealing the hotel items?
(a) They will be put on probation from work.
(b) They will be commended for their honesty.
(c) There will be no punishment.
(d) They will discuss a loan because this person obviously needs money.

6. Who do the staff call "a straitlaced prude" (173) when the Woman in the Purple Skirt considers checking her bottle for alcohol?
(a) Supervisor Tsukada.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Supervisor Tachibana.
(d) Supervisor Hamamoto.

7. What did the narrator do with the item the director left at the bar?
(a) She mailed it to the director's home.
(b) She put it in the lost and found at work.
(c) She kept it.
(d) She gave it to the bartender.

8. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt tell Supervisor Tachibana she knows she steals from work?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Shampoo.

9. What did the narrator see the Woman purchasing in the market one day?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Shampoo.
(c) New tights.
(d) Cheese.

10. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day after the director visits her?
(a) Her hair is disheveled.
(b) She is extra happy.
(c) She smells more strongly of perfume.
(d) She is extra tired.

11. What does the Woman say to Supervisor Tsukada about the hotel shampoo, which offends Tsukada?
(a) It is pathetic to steal hotel shampoo.
(b) It makes you hair oily.
(c) It smells like poo.
(d) It has a fishy smell.

12. What does the director announce to the staff just as Supervisor Tsukada is telling them how drunk the Woman in the Purple Skirt got two nights earlier?
(a) The Woman called to say she will be late.
(b) The Woman was in the hospital.
(c) The Woman has been fired.
(d) The Woman called to say she quit.

13. What was the Woman in the Purple Skirt carrying when she and the narrator collided outside of the elevator?
(a) A trash bag.
(b) A stack of towels.
(c) Boxes of chocolates.
(d) Bottles of champagne.

14. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt tell Supervisor Tsukada she does in the hotel room when she locks the door?
(a) Sleeps with the director.
(b) Prank calls the director's wife.
(c) Drinks coffee and has cake.
(d) Calls her mother.

15. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt bring to the children in the park after she completed her training at work?
(a) Sodas from the minibar.
(b) A set of towels.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A basket of fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bus driver do after the Woman in the Purple Skirt announces her accusation?

2. What accessory does the director have that is similar, though more expensive, than the narrator's?

3. How do the children react when the Woman in the Purple Skirt tells them she works as a hotel cleaner?

4. What does the Woman tell the children about the hotel the day after she completes her training?

5. What part of the Woman in the Purple Skirt's body does the narrator accidentally touch on the bus when it jerks?

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