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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 do the Supervisors say when the Woman in the Purple Skirt expresses wonder whether the narrator steals from the hotel?
(a) She dislikes fruit.
(b) She steals more than they do.
(c) She is too weird.
(d) She is the director's pet.

2. What did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Bump into her.
(b) Call her and pretend she dialed the wrong number.
(c) Sit near her on the bench.
(d) Deliver her mail.

3. Who thwarts the narrator's efforts to introduce herself to the Woman while on her break one afternoon?
(a) Supervisor Tsukada.
(b) The director.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Supervisor Hamomoto.

4. What did the narrator have to pay to repair after bumping into it one day?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A flower shop display window.
(c) A butcher's display cabinet.
(d) A police car.

5. Why does the narrator no longer see the Woman in the Purple Skirt on the bus in the mornings?
(a) The Woman keeps missing the bus.
(b) The Woman bought a new car.
(c) The Woman takes an earlier bus to work.
(d) The Woman does not take the bus to work anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?

2. What is the narrator called at work?

3. Who is sure the Woman in the Purple Skirt is going to show up for work on her fourth day when she does not arrive on time?

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

5. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?

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