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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 Supervisor comment to the Woman about after she changes into her uniform on her first day of work?
(a) How unusual she is.
(b) How overweight she is.
(c) How thin she is.
(d) How unkempt her hair is.

2. What does the manager tell the staff they need to keep better tabs on during their meeting?
(a) How quickly they clean rooms.
(b) Their timecards.
(c) The complimentary items for guests.
(d) The length of lunch breaks.

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

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?
(a) A pen and notebook.
(b) A water bottle.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Money.

5. What is a sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt has a job?
(a) She leaves early and comes home late.
(b) She goes out to restaurants more often.
(c) She wears fancy clothing.
(d) She moves to a nicer place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Supervisors say when the Woman in the Purple Skirt expresses wonder whether the narrator steals from the hotel?

2. What most disappoints the narrator during the meeting with the manager on Woman in the Purple Skirt's first day?

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

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

5. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?

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