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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 surprising gossip does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) She is being stalked by a coworker.
(b) She is trying to get the director's job.
(c) She is having an affair with the director.
(d) She is having an affair with a celebrity guest.

2. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?
(a) She moved to Europe.
(b) She joined a gang.
(c) She died.
(d) She became a police officer.

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat on the same bench in the park?
(a) Noodles.
(b) Sushi.
(c) Pizza.
(d) A cream bun.

4. What did the narrator see the Woman purchasing in the market one day?
(a) Shampoo.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Perfume.
(d) New tights.

5. What does the Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?
(a) She plays tag with them.
(b) She plays cards with them.
(c) She races on bikes with them.
(d) She plays Hide-and-seek with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator throw away the stick of gum her classmate once gave her in junior high school?

2. What does the director have the Woman in the Purple Skirt do at the start of their training on her first day?

3. 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?

4. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?

5. Why is the narrator unable to ask Supervisor Tsukada about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her day off after she saw her in the shopping district?

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