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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Yogo Ogawa.
(b) Rin Usami.
(c) Sayaka Murata.
(d) Imamura Natsuko.

2. Where do the director and the first stop on their date after leaving the coffee shop?
(a) His house.
(b) The post office.
(c) The bazaar.
(d) The cinema.

3. What did the narrator do with the item the director left at the bar?
(a) She mailed it to the director's home.
(b) She put it in the lost and found at work.
(c) She gave it to the bartender.
(d) She kept it.

4. What do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt get at the when they get off of the bus?
(a) Cream buns and sandwiches.
(b) A couple of beers.
(c) Two cans of coffee.
(d) Milk tea and sweet rice.

5. What did the narrator see the Woman purchasing in the market one day?
(a) Shampoo.
(b) New tights.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Perfume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children at the park become obsessed with after the Woman has not visited for two weeks?

2. Why is the narrator unable to ask Supervisor Tsukada about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her day off after she saw her in the shopping district?

3. What does Supervisor Tsukada say when someone asks if Supervisor Gondo joined the Woman in the Purple Skirt and other staff members a few nights earlier?

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

5. What does the narrator learn the Woman in the Purple Skirt had done with other staff members after her third day of work?

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