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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the Woman in the Purple Skirt's third day of work, does the narrator go to work on her day off?
(a) She wants to steal some hotel items.
(b) She wants to introduce herself to the Woman.
(c) She forgot to clean off her cart the day before.
(d) She wants to pick up her paycheck.

2. Why does the hotel manager call a second meeting of the month?
(a) Several staff members have been fired.
(b) Nobody has heard from the director.
(c) He is stepping down from his position.
(d) To discuss the missing hotel amenities.

3. What part of the Woman in the Purple Skirt's body does the narrator accidentally touch on the bus when it jerks?
(a) Her nose.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her eye.
(d) Her bottom.

4. 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) Drinks coffee and has cake.
(c) Calls her mother.
(d) Prank calls the director's wife.

5. Where do the director and the first stop on their date after leaving the coffee shop?
(a) His house.
(b) The bazaar.
(c) The post office.
(d) The cinema.

6. What does the Woman tell the children about the hotel the day after she completes her training?
(a) It is a cheap hotel.
(b) It is infested with cockroaches.
(c) Many celebrities stay there.
(d) She hates working there.

7. What does the narrator imagine doing to the Woman on the bus after the incident the day before in order for them to finally become friends?
(a) She will stand close to the Woman on the bus to protect her from another such incident.
(b) She will tweak her nose harder and drag her off the bus so she can tell her who she is and they will be friends.
(c) She will offer to drive the Woman to work from now on.
(d) She will tell the Woman she saw what happened and offer condolences.

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

9. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt wear to work, which is against the rules?
(a) Black nylons.
(b) Red nail polish.
(c) A low cut shirt.
(d) Red lipstick.

10. What brand new item does the Woman in the Purple Skirt look at on the bus as the narrator watches from the back?
(a) Bracelet.
(b) Notebook.
(c) Cell phone.
(d) Purse.

11. Who brings the Woman in the Purple Skirt to work after she stops taking the bus in the mornings?
(a) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(b) The director.
(c) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) She takes a cab.

12. What do some of the staff say about the Woman when discussing how quickly she does her job?
(a) She must be cutting corners.
(b) She is not only fast but highly efficient.
(c) She had the best training of anyone.
(d) She is the best employee yet.

13. Why does the narrator no longer see the Woman in the Purple Skirt on the bus in the mornings?
(a) The Woman bought a new car.
(b) The Woman does not take the bus to work anymore.
(c) The Woman keeps missing the bus.
(d) The Woman takes an earlier bus to work.

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

15. What bothers the narrator when she overhears the conversation between the Woman and the director after the incident on the bus?
(a) The Woman never mentions having her nose tweaked.
(b) The director does not seem concerned about the Woman.
(c) The Woman is lying about what happened to get sympathy.
(d) The Woman never mentions how close she and the narrator have become.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt accuse someone on the bus of doing one morning when the narrator is on it with her?

2. What does the hotel manager says will happen if someone confesses to stealing the hotel items?

3. Who do the staff call "a straitlaced prude" (173) when the Woman in the Purple Skirt considers checking her bottle for alcohol?

4. What does Supervisor Tsukada say when someone asks if Supervisor Gondo joined the Woman in the Purple Skirt and other staff members a few nights earlier?

5. Why is the narrator surprised to find the Woman in the Purple Skirt in the shopping district after her third day of work?

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