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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 does the director say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the other supervisors?
(a) They are old terrible workers.
(b) They are all strange.
(c) They are all very efficient.
(d) They are all highly intelligent.

2. How does Supervisor Tsukada describe the job to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) A pain in the butt.
(b) Quite difficult.
(c) Easy Peasy.
(d) Rather mindless.

3. What does the director ask the narrator to do when he sees her in the shadows while he is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Go away.
(b) Come out and introduce herself.
(c) Take over the training.
(d) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.

4. What does the Woman share with the children at the park after her first day of work?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Her salary.
(c) A cream bun.
(d) An apple.

5. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell the Woman she should eat for breakfast before work?
(a) Meat.
(b) Rice.
(c) A bagel.
(d) Noodles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator learn the Woman in the Purple Skirt had done with other staff members after her third day of work?

3. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?

4. How do the children react when the Woman in the Purple Skirt tells them she works as a hotel cleaner?

5. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

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