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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 135 - 174.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the hotel manager call a second meeting of the month?
(a) To discuss the missing hotel amenities.
(b) Several staff members have been fired.
(c) Nobody has heard from the director.
(d) He is stepping down from his position.

2. Where do the director and the first stop on their date after leaving the coffee shop?
(a) The cinema.
(b) The post office.
(c) His house.
(d) The bazaar.

3. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Acting.
(c) Creative writing.
(d) Biology.

4. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt when she leaves her apartment the day they both have off from work?
(a) She had gained weight.
(b) Her hair is shinier.
(c) She seems slimmer.
(d) Her teeth are whiter.

5. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?
(a) His son's birthday.
(b) His anniversary with his wife.
(c) Her 6-year-old niece's birthday.
(d) Her mother and father's anniversary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accessory does the director have that is similar, though more expensive, than the narrator's?

2. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's first stop on her day off?

3. What brand new item does the Woman in the Purple Skirt look at on the bus as the narrator watches from the back?

4. What does the narrator hear the staff saying about the Woman in the Purple Skirt after she had been working there for awhile?

5. Why is the narrator unsurprised that the Woman in the Purple Skirt struggles to get hired?

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