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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 does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day after the director visits her?
(a) She is extra happy.
(b) She smells more strongly of perfume.
(c) She is extra tired.
(d) Her hair is disheveled.

2. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?
(a) His anniversary with his wife.
(b) Her 6-year-old niece's birthday.
(c) His son's birthday.
(d) Her mother and father's anniversary.

3. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt meet on her day off from work?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Supervisor Tsukamada.
(c) The director.
(d) The children in the park.

4. What is the narrator called at work?
(a) Supervisor Hino.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(d) Supervisor Gondo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt do when the director falls unconscious?

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

3. Why did the narrator throw away the stick of gum her classmate once gave her in junior high school?

4. Why does the narrator no longer see the Woman in the Purple Skirt on the bus in the mornings?

5. What do the staff say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day she leaves work and never returns?

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