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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 36 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?
(a) Offers her seat to the Woman when she arrives.
(b) Gives him a dirty look.
(c) Tells him he needs to move.
(d) Sits very close to him until he moves.

3. What article of clothing does the narrator use to define herself?
(a) Blue Shorts.
(b) Red Blouse.
(c) Yellow Cardigan.
(d) Green Dress.

4. 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 bumped into the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(d) The narrator was there when someone tried to rob the place at gunpoint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's home described?

2. How does the narrator know The Woman in the Purple Skirt?

3. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt go each week at the start of the story?

4. What is one sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt is not working in the third chapter?

5. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?

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