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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 do to help the Woman in the Purple Skirt find work?
(a) She leaves jobs magazines on her bench with certain positions highlighted.
(b) She tells her employer to hire the Woman.
(c) She fills out jobs applications on her behalf.
(d) She brings her to a job fair.

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

3. Why did the narrator throw away the stick of gum her classmate once gave her in junior high school?
(a) She thought it was poisoned.
(b) She was afraid to get in trouble at school.
(c) She hated gum.
(d) Her parents did not allow her to chew gum.

4. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Her work record.
(b) Her caloric intake.
(c) Her daily exercise routine.
(d) Her dates with men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt react when asked to introduced herself during the meeting on her first day?

2. Who is the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt?

3. What does the director give to the Woman while she is on her break one day?

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

5. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?

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