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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What article of clothing does the narrator use to define herself?
(a) Yellow Cardigan.
(b) Blue Shorts.
(c) Red Blouse.
(d) Green Dress.

2. What does the narrator do the first time she and the Woman in the Purple Skirt have a day off in three weeks?
(a) She goes to work anyway.
(b) She leaves a box of cream buns on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's doorstep.
(c) She watches her house until the Woman leaves.
(d) She asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to hang out with her.

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) Quite difficult.
(d) Rather mindless.

4. 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) His wife bosses him around.
(d) He lives alone.

5. How long does it take the Woman in the Purple Skirt to complete her training?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 1/2 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt has a job?

2. What do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt get at the when they get off of the bus?

3. What does the narrator do once she hears people saying that the Woman in the Purple Skirt leaves her work cart too messy?

4. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?

5. What does one Supervisor say when Supervisor Tsukada mentions that Supervisor Gondo was off from work two days ago?

(see the answer key)

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