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

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

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) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.
(b) Come out and introduce herself.
(c) Take over the training.
(d) Go away.

4. How often does the staff have their meetings with the manager?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Bi-monthly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Monthly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?

2. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?

3. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?

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

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

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