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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 81 - 134 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?
(a) They tell her to be quiet.
(b) They ignore her.
(c) They attack the Woman.
(d) They drag the man off.

2. What do the Supervisors say when the Woman in the Purple Skirt expresses wonder whether the narrator steals from the hotel?
(a) She dislikes fruit.
(b) She steals more than they do.
(c) She is the director's pet.
(d) She is too weird.

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

4. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?
(a) A sales office.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director announce to the staff just as Supervisor Tsukada is telling them how drunk the Woman in the Purple Skirt got two nights earlier?

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

3. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?

4. What does the narrator notice on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's jacket on the bus one morning?

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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