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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one Supervisor say when Supervisor Tsukada mentions that Supervisor Gondo was off from work two days ago?
(a) Supervisor Gondo deserves a day off once in awhile.
(b) Supervisor Gondo never takes a day off.
(c) She was sure she had seen her.
(d) She loves when Supervisor Gondo is not there.

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

3. What does the narrator do when she arrives home after going to work on her day off?
(a) She eats junk food and talks on the phone.
(b) She has a few beers.
(c) She watches TV and takes a nap.
(d) She cleans and looks for a new job.

4. How long does it take the Woman in the Purple Skirt to complete her training?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 1 1/2 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?
(a) Her 6-year-old niece's birthday.
(b) His son's birthday.
(c) Her mother and father's anniversary.
(d) His anniversary with his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?

2. What do the children at the park become obsessed with after the Woman has not visited for two weeks?

3. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt meet on her day off from work?

4. What do the staff members begin to think the Woman in the Purple Skirt is doing with the hotel amenities?

5. What do some of the staff say about the Woman when discussing how quickly she does her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator more likely to see the Woman at the park than at work after the Woman completes her training?

2. Why is the narrator annoyed with the way the Woman explains the bus incident to the director and others? What does she imagine doing the next time she has a chance?

3. What do the staff say the morning the Woman in the Purple Skirt is late for work? What does Supervisor Tsukada tell them they had done with the Woman a couple nights before?

4. Describe the conversation between the Woman and the director when she apologizes to him for being so late to work the morning of the bus incident.

5. How does the Woman find out that somebody is selling hotel amenities at the local bazaar?

6. Describe the scene when the Woman shares a box of chocolates with the children at the park. What do they discuss?

7. What does the narrator imagine would happen if passersby knew they had passed the Woman in the Purple Skirt and that she was with a man?

8. What happens when Supervisor Tsukada confronts the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the stolen hotel items?

9. What leads the Woman to leave the hotel and never return?

10. What is unusual about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the evening the narrator sees her in the shopping district late after her third day of work?

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