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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 is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's home described?
(a) A small shack.
(b) A well-maintained condo.
(c) A dilapidated apartment.
(d) A mansion.

2. What information does the narrator keep in her diary regarding the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) How much the director drinks while on a date.
(b) When he goes to her apartment and how often he stays the night.
(c) How often they have the same day off.
(d) How many times they kiss on a date.

3. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?
(a) Not wearing their uniforms properly.
(b) Not smiling enough.
(c) Missing too much work.
(d) Missing hotel amenities.

4. What does the director say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the other supervisors?
(a) They are all very efficient.
(b) They are old terrible workers.
(c) They are all strange.
(d) They are all highly intelligent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt accuse someone on the bus of doing one morning when the narrator is on it with her?

2. What is one sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt is not working in the third chapter?

3. What does the director announce to the staff just as Supervisor Tsukada is telling them how drunk the Woman in the Purple Skirt got two nights earlier?

4. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?

5. What does the narrator do to help the Woman in the Purple Skirt find work?

(see the answer key)

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