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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) Coffee and tea.
(b) Towels and bed linen.
(c) Candy.
(d) Leftover champagne.

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

3. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) She used to be a famous singer.
(b) She used to own a cafe.
(c) She is being stalked by someone.
(d) She used to be a short distance runner.

4. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Creative writing.
(c) Biology.
(d) Acting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

2. What does Supervisor Tsukada give the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the end of her first day, which is meant for hotel guests?

3. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?

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

5. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?

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