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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 Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?
(a) She plays cards with them.
(b) She races on bikes with them.
(c) She plays Hide-and-seek with them.
(d) She plays tag with them.

2. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

3. How long has the director been married to his wife?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

5. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?
(a) He has a lot of wild parties.
(b) He is very poor.
(c) He lives alone.
(d) His wife bosses him around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the director's wife's demeanor when the staff visit the hospital?

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

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt ask the director about when he arrives at her house the evening she left work for good?

4. Instead of getting ramen like the narrator assumes, where do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt go?

5. What incident at a supermarket resulted in the narrator no longer going to that market?

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