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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 - 80 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Supervisor Hamomoto tell the Woman in the Purple Skirt Supervisor Tachibana takes from work?
(a) Leftover champagne.
(b) Coffee and tea.
(c) Candy.
(d) Towels and bed linen.

2. Who thwarts the narrator's efforts to introduce herself to the Woman while on her break one afternoon?
(a) Supervisor Hamomoto.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) The director.
(d) The hotel manager.

3. How long after her job interview does the Woman land her new job?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. What incident at a supermarket resulted in the narrator no longer going to that market?
(a) The narrator almost collapsed.
(b) The narrator was there when someone tried to rob the place at gunpoint.
(c) The narrator bumped into the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(d) The narrator was caught stealing.

5. Considering all the advice Supervisor Tsukada gives to the Woman, how long does the narrator feel it will take her to complete training?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to introduce herself to the staff on her first day?

3. What article of clothing does the narrator use to define herself?

4. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the narrator think would help her develop a friendships with the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

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

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