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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 does the director ask the narrator to do when he sees her in the shadows while he is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Go away.
(b) Take over the training.
(c) Come out and introduce herself.
(d) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.

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

3. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?
(a) Mei-chan Hino.
(b) Mayuko Hino.
(c) Mayuko Hamamoto.
(d) Hino Gondo.

4. What does the narrator do once she hears people saying that the Woman in the Purple Skirt leaves her work cart too messy?
(a) She yells at them.
(b) She cleans her cart.
(c) She tells the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(d) She complains to the director.

5. What job does the narrator highlight for the Woman in the first job magazine she leaves for her?
(a) Newspaper deliverer.
(b) Parcel Sorter.
(c) Telephone operator.
(d) Office cleaner.

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. Who asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to introduce herself to the staff on her first day?

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

4. What does the manager tell the staff they need to keep better tabs on during their meeting?

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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