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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 incident at a supermarket resulted in the narrator no longer going to that market?
(a) The narrator was caught stealing.
(b) The narrator almost collapsed.
(c) The narrator was there when someone tried to rob the place at gunpoint.
(d) The narrator bumped into the Woman in the Purple Skirt.

2. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?
(a) A list of interview questions.
(b) A notebook and pen.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) Shampoo.

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

4. What does the narrator do to help the Woman in the Purple Skirt find work?
(a) She fills out jobs applications on her behalf.
(b) She leaves jobs magazines on her bench with certain positions highlighted.
(c) She brings her to a job fair.
(d) She tells her employer to hire the Woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

3. What does the director announce to the staff just as Supervisor Tsukada is telling them how drunk the Woman in the Purple Skirt got two nights earlier?

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt do to the director before he falls down the stairs outside of her apartment?

5. What does the narrator think people in the neighborhood would say if TV crews asked if they knew the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

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