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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family event marked the last time the narrator saw her sister?
(a) Her parent's divorce.
(b) Her father's death.
(c) Her brother's suicide.
(d) Her mother's death.

2. What does the narrator think people in the neighborhood would say if TV crews asked if they knew the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Yes.
(b) Go away.
(c) No.
(d) Who?

3. What is one sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt is not working in the third chapter?
(a) She has no electricity.
(b) She does not leave the house.
(c) She seems healthy.
(d) She stops buying cream buns.

4. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?
(a) She moved to Europe.
(b) She died.
(c) She joined a gang.
(d) She became a police officer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt has a job?

2. What does the narrator do to help the Woman in the Purple Skirt find work?

3. Why does the narrator feel certain the Woman in the Purple Skirt must not be Arishima-san, whom she knew from school?

4. What does the narrator do to try to make extra money?

5. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat on the same bench in the park?

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