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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 175 - 216 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator go back to her apartment to find something to sell after the Woman in the Purple Skirt heads to the bus stop?
(a) She needs money to pay off the cops.
(b) She gave the Woman her commuter pass and needs bus fare.
(c) She feels the Woman will be okay now and she needs to make some money for rent.
(d) She wants to give the director's wife some money.

3. What does the director try to grab hold of to stop from falling to the ground?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A window pane.
(c) The Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(d) A rusty railing.

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

5. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?
(a) His anniversary with his wife.
(b) Her 6-year-old niece's birthday.
(c) His son's birthday.
(d) Her mother and father's anniversary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?

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

3. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?

4. Who brings the Woman in the Purple Skirt to work after she stops taking the bus in the mornings?

5. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day after the director visits her?

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