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

2. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?
(a) Mayuko Hamamoto.
(b) Mayuko Hino.
(c) Hino Gondo.
(d) Mei-chan Hino.

3. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell the Woman she should eat for breakfast before work?
(a) Meat.
(b) Rice.
(c) Noodles.
(d) A bagel.

4. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?
(a) Organizing her cart.
(b) Voice training.
(c) Time management.
(d) Tracking complementary items.

5. Why does the narrator feel certain the Woman in the Purple Skirt must not be Arishima-san, whom she knew from school?
(a) Arishima-san was a troublemaker who must be in jail.
(b) Arishima-san passed away several years ago.
(c) Arishima-san was her imaginary friend.
(d) Arishima-san moved to Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Considering all the advice Supervisor Tsukada gives to the Woman, how long does the narrator feel it will take her to complete training?

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

3. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?

4. What did the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat for breakfast on her first day of work?

5. How long after her job interview does the Woman land her new job?

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