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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?
(a) She joined a gang.
(b) She became a police officer.
(c) She moved to Europe.
(d) She died.

2. What does the narrator do once she hears people saying that the Woman in the Purple Skirt leaves her work cart too messy?
(a) She tells the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(b) She yells at them.
(c) She complains to the director.
(d) She cleans her cart.

3. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?
(a) Sits very close to him until he moves.
(b) Tells him he needs to move.
(c) Offers her seat to the Woman when she arrives.
(d) Gives him a dirty look.

4. What does the narrator notice on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's jacket on the bus one morning?
(a) A grain of rice.
(b) A coffee stain.
(c) A lock of hair.
(d) A smear of toothpaste.

5. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?
(a) Tic-tac-toe.
(b) Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.
(c) Rock-paper-scissors.
(d) One potato, Two potato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think people in the neighborhood would say if TV crews asked if they knew the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

2. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?

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

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

5. How is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's home described?

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