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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 Supervisor Tsukada say when someone asks if Supervisor Gondo joined the Woman in the Purple Skirt and other staff members a few nights earlier?
(a) She does not drink.
(b) Nobody likes her.
(c) Who is Supervisor Gondo.
(d) Yes, she did.

2. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt give to the director at the bus stop when he is drunk?
(a) A slap.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Coffee.
(d) A sports drink.

3. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?
(a) They tell her to be quiet.
(b) They drag the man off.
(c) They attack the Woman.
(d) They ignore her.

4. Who asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to introduce herself to the staff on her first day?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) The director.
(d) Supervisor Gondo.

5. What do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt get at the when they get off of the bus?
(a) Cream buns and sandwiches.
(b) A couple of beers.
(c) Two cans of coffee.
(d) Milk tea and sweet rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat on the same bench in the park?

2. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt appear to the narrator when she sees her in the shopping district the evening after her third day of work?

3. What bothers the narrator when she overhears the conversation between the Woman and the director after the incident on the bus?

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

5. What do the children ask the Woman for after she shares her box of chocolates with them?

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