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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since the narrator last saw her sister?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 20 years.

2. How does Supervisor Tsukada describe the job to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) Rather mindless.
(b) A pain in the butt.
(c) Quite difficult.
(d) Easy Peasy.

3. How do the children react when the Woman in the Purple Skirt tells them she works as a hotel cleaner?
(a) They tell her that is a pathetic job.
(b) They say they want the same job.
(c) They ask if she is rich.
(d) They laugh.

4. What does the narrator hear the staff saying about the Woman in the Purple Skirt after she had been working there for awhile?
(a) She has become withdrawn.
(b) She is the worst employee yet.
(c) She looks healthier and happier.
(d) She has lost too much weight.

5. 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 watches her house until the Woman leaves.
(c) She leaves a box of cream buns on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's doorstep.
(d) She asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to hang out with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt meet on her day off from work?

3. What does the narrator imagine doing to the Woman on the bus after the incident the day before in order for them to finally become friends?

4. What incident at a supermarket resulted in the narrator no longer going to that market?

5. What wound does the narrator believe her sister may still have from the time they fought over the last bite of purin?

(see the answer key)

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