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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. Why is the narrator surprised to find the Woman in the Purple Skirt in the shopping district after her third day of work?
(a) She had never seen her there before.
(b) She was with a man she had never seen.
(c) It is very late.
(d) She has no money to spend.

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

3. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt appear to the narrator when she sees her in the shopping district the evening after her third day of work?
(a) She is smily and walks with confidence.
(b) She is solemnly walking with a strange man.
(c) She is unsteady and tired.
(d) She is gregarious and says hi to the narrator.

4. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt when she leaves her apartment the day they both have off from work?
(a) She had gained weight.
(b) She seems slimmer.
(c) Her hair is shinier.
(d) Her teeth are whiter.

5. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt give to the director at the bus stop when he is drunk?
(a) Coffee.
(b) A slap.
(c) A sports drink.
(d) A sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children ask the Woman for after she shares her box of chocolates with them?

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

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

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt wear to work, which is against the rules?

5. Why does the director refuse to get on the first bus while he and the Woman in the Purple Skirt are at the stop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the staff behavior toward the Woman change after they find out about her affair with the director? How does the Woman respond?

3. How does the narrator come to memorize the director's home phone number?

4. 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?

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

6. What does the Woman discover when she sniffs the other staff members' water bottles? Does she check the narrator's? Why or why not?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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.

10. What happens when the staff learn someone is selling hotel items at the local bazaar? Who do they think is behind it?

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