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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 - 80 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?
(a) Missing too much work.
(b) Missing hotel amenities.
(c) Not wearing their uniforms properly.
(d) Not smiling enough.

2. How does the narrator know The Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) They met online.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They live in the same neighborhood.

3. What does the Supervisor comment to the Woman about after she changes into her uniform on her first day of work?
(a) How thin she is.
(b) How overweight she is.
(c) How unusual she is.
(d) How unkempt her hair is.

4. What did the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat for breakfast on her first day of work?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rice.
(c) Cornflakes.
(d) A cream bun.

5. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Her caloric intake.
(b) Her daily exercise routine.
(c) Her work record.
(d) Her dates with men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do to try to make extra money?

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

3. Who asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to introduce herself to the staff on her first day?

4. What is a sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt has a job?

5. What family event marked the last time the narrator saw her sister?

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