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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 rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?
(a) She died.
(b) She moved to Europe.
(c) She joined a gang.
(d) She became a police officer.

2. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A school.
(c) A sales office.
(d) A cafe.

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

4. 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) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.
(d) Take over the training.

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 think people in the neighborhood would say if TV crews asked if they knew the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

2. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?

3. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?

4. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?

5. What does Supervisor Hamomoto tell the Woman in the Purple Skirt Supervisor Tachibana takes from work?

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