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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 175 - 216 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the staff often do for the Woman in the Purple Skirt, which they never did for the narrator?
(a) Give her rides to work.
(b) Bring her presents.
(c) Offer to buy her lunch.
(d) Fix her hair.

2. What surprising gossip does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) She is trying to get the director's job.
(b) She is having an affair with the director.
(c) She is being stalked by a coworker.
(d) She is having an affair with a celebrity guest.

3. On the Woman in the Purple Skirt's third day of work, does the narrator go to work on her day off?
(a) She forgot to clean off her cart the day before.
(b) She wants to steal some hotel items.
(c) She wants to introduce herself to the Woman.
(d) She wants to pick up her paycheck.

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

5. Who do the staff call "a straitlaced prude" (173) when the Woman in the Purple Skirt considers checking her bottle for alcohol?
(a) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(b) Supervisor Tachibana.
(c) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Supervisor Tsukada describe the job to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?

2. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?

3. Which two staff members are among the group to visit the director in the hospital?

4. What wound does the narrator believe her sister may still have from the time they fought over the last bite of purin?

5. How late is the Woman in the Purple Skirt for work on her fourth day after the incident on the bus?

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