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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 135 - 174.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the director say is "very promising" (99) when they chat the day the Woman came in to work late?
(a) How determined she was to get to work that day.
(b) How much the other staff like her.
(c) How quickly she cleans rooms.
(d) How well she can handle her alcohol.

2. What surprising gossip does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) She is being stalked by a coworker.
(b) She is having an affair with a celebrity guest.
(c) She is having an affair with the director.
(d) She is trying to get the director's job.

3. Why does the director refuse to get on the first bus while he and the Woman in the Purple Skirt are at the stop?
(a) He thinks his wife will see him.
(b) He thinks he will vomit.
(c) He knows the bus driver and worries he will tell his wife.
(d) He thinks they are being followed.

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

5. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt react when asked to introduced herself during the meeting on her first day?
(a) She cheerfully says her name.
(b) She freezes.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She bows and begins to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the director give to the Woman while she is on her break one day?

3. What does the manager tell the staff they need to keep better tabs on during their meeting?

4. 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?

5. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?

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