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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 did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Deliver her mail.
(b) Call her and pretend she dialed the wrong number.
(c) Sit near her on the bench.
(d) Bump into her.

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

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

4. What did the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat for breakfast on her first day of work?
(a) Rice.
(b) Cornflakes.
(c) A cream bun.
(d) Nothing.

5. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt react when asked to introduced herself during the meeting on her first day?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She freezes.
(c) She bows and begins to cry.
(d) She cheerfully says her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat on the same bench in the park?

2. Why is the narrator unsurprised that the Woman in the Purple Skirt struggles to get hired?

3. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?

4. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?

5. What does the narrator do to help the Woman in the Purple Skirt find work?

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