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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 call the bench the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on each time she goes to the park?
(a) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Favorite Spot.
(b) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Happy Place.
(c) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's BFF.
(d) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat.

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) Who?
(c) Go away.
(d) No.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?

2. What family event marked the last time the narrator saw her sister?

3. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?

4. What did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know 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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