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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 81 - 134 .

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 has no money to spend.
(b) She had never seen her there before.
(c) She was with a man she had never seen.
(d) It is very late.

2. What is significant about the 13th floor of the hotel, where the Woman works after she completes her training?
(a) People live there.
(b) They keep it vacant.
(c) The staff can rest there.
(d) Celebrities stay there.

3. What does the director give to the Woman while she is on her break one day?
(a) A can of hot coffee.
(b) A cream bun.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A bowl of rice.

4. How long has it been since the narrator last saw her sister?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 8 years.

5. What is the narrator called at work?
(a) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) Supervisor Hino.
(d) Supervisor Gondo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?

2. What does the Woman share with the children at the park after her first day of work?

3. What does the Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt bring to the children in the park after she completed her training at work?

5. What most disappoints the narrator during the meeting with the manager on Woman in the Purple Skirt's first day?

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