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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator go back to her apartment to find something to sell after the Woman in the Purple Skirt heads to the bus stop?
(a) She needs money to pay off the cops.
(b) She feels the Woman will be okay now and she needs to make some money for rent.
(c) She wants to give the director's wife some money.
(d) She gave the Woman her commuter pass and needs bus fare.

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

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt give to the director at the bus stop when he is drunk?
(a) A sports drink.
(b) Coffee.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A slap.

4. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt go each week at the start of the story?
(a) A bakery.
(b) The library.
(c) The community pool.
(d) A bar.

5. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell her colleagues the Woman in the Purple Skirt had said about the job a few nights earlier?
(a) She was ready to quit.
(b) She never stays at a place for very long.
(c) She is going to run the hotel someday.
(d) She loved it and wanted to keep it for a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the staff often do for the Woman in the Purple Skirt, which they never did for the narrator?

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

3. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?

4. What does the narrator tell the Woman after checking the director's pulse and breathing?

5. Why does the director refuse to get on the first bus while he and the Woman in the Purple Skirt are at the stop?

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