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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 is the narrator called at work?
(a) Supervisor Hino.
(b) Supervisor Gondo.
(c) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(d) Supervisor Tsukada.

2. What most disappoints the narrator during the meeting with the manager on Woman in the Purple Skirt's first day?
(a) The meeting is too long.
(b) She cannot get close to her.
(c) The manager is accusing them of stealing.
(d) They did not give them coffee.

3. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?
(a) Sits very close to him until he moves.
(b) Gives him a dirty look.
(c) Offers her seat to the Woman when she arrives.
(d) Tells him he needs to move.

4. What did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Sit near her on the bench.
(b) Call her and pretend she dialed the wrong number.
(c) Bump into her.
(d) Deliver her mail.

5. How do the staff treat the Woman in the Purple Skirt after finding out about her affair with the director?
(a) They ignore her.
(b) They try to ingratiate themselves with her.
(c) They call her demeaning names.
(d) They try to get her fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do the first time she and the Woman in the Purple Skirt have a day off in three weeks?

2. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt bring to the children in the park after she completed her training at work?

3. How does the director respond when the Woman apologizes for any trouble she caused by being so late that day?

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?

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

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