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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 one of the girls in the park say she has at home with the hotel logo on it?
(a) Towels.
(b) Utensils.
(c) Glassware.
(d) Robes.

2. What does the narrator call the bench the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on each time she goes to the park?
(a) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat.
(b) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's BFF.
(c) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Happy Place.
(d) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Favorite Spot.

3. How does the director respond when the Woman apologizes for any trouble she caused by being so late that day?
(a) It was not her fault.
(b) Don't let it happen again.
(c) Three strikes and you're out.
(d) She was very irresponsible.

4. What does Supervisor Hamomoto tell the Woman in the Purple Skirt Supervisor Tachibana takes from work?
(a) Candy.
(b) Towels and bed linen.
(c) Coffee and tea.
(d) Leftover champagne.

5. What does the Woman say to Supervisor Tsukada about the hotel shampoo, which offends Tsukada?
(a) It is pathetic to steal hotel shampoo.
(b) It makes you hair oily.
(c) It has a fishy smell.
(d) It smells like poo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who thwarts the narrator's efforts to introduce herself to the Woman while on her break one afternoon?

2. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt accuse someone on the bus of doing one morning when the narrator is on it with her?

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 bothers the narrator when she overhears the conversation between the Woman and the director after the incident on the bus?

5. How long does it take the Woman in the Purple Skirt to complete her training?

(see the answer key)

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