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

2. How long after her job interview does the Woman land her new job?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

4. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) She used to own a cafe.
(b) She used to be a short distance runner.
(c) She used to be a famous singer.
(d) She is being stalked by someone.

5. 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) Come out and introduce herself.
(b) Go away.
(c) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.
(d) Take over the training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the girls in the park say she has at home with the hotel logo on it?

2. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?

3. How do the staff treat the Woman in the Purple Skirt after finding out about her affair with the director?

4. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?

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

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