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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) Bump into her.
(d) Sit near her on the bench.

2. Who asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to introduce herself to the staff on her first day?
(a) Supervisor Tsukada.
(b) The director.
(c) Supervisor Gondo.
(d) The narrator.

3. How does Supervisor Tsukada describe the job to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) A pain in the butt.
(b) Easy Peasy.
(c) Rather mindless.
(d) Quite difficult.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?

2. What did the narrator have to pay to repair after bumping into it one day?

3. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?

4. What does the Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?

5. Who does the narrator decide the Woman in the Purple Skirt reminds her of at the start of the second chapter?

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