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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator know The Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) They live in the same neighborhood.
(b) They met online.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They went to school together.

2. Why is the narrator unsurprised that the Woman in the Purple Skirt struggles to get hired?
(a) She does not speak.
(b) She is not very smart.
(c) She is unkempt.
(d) She lacks ambition.

3. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?
(a) He is very poor.
(b) He lives alone.
(c) His wife bosses him around.
(d) He has a lot of wild parties.

4. What does the director ask the narrator to do when he sees her in the shadows while he is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Take over the training.
(b) Go away.
(c) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.
(d) Come out and introduce herself.

5. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?
(a) 4:45 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m.
(d) 7:30 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What incident at a supermarket resulted in the narrator no longer going to that market?

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?

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

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