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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The Woman called to say she will be late.
(b) The Woman has been fired.
(c) The Woman called to say she quit.
(d) The Woman was in the hospital.

2. Why is the director surprised at the narrator's request when he is in the hospital?
(a) She usually does not say anything.
(b) Everyone knows she is the hotel thief.
(c) He thought she was wealthy.
(d) She is normally independent and self-sufficient.

3. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Her work record.
(b) Her dates with men.
(c) Her daily exercise routine.
(d) Her caloric intake.

4. What did the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat for breakfast on her first day of work?
(a) Rice.
(b) A cream bun.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Cornflakes.

5. What incident at a supermarket resulted in the narrator no longer going to that market?
(a) The narrator was caught stealing.
(b) The narrator bumped into the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(c) The narrator was there when someone tried to rob the place at gunpoint.
(d) The narrator almost collapsed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman say to Supervisor Tsukada about the hotel shampoo, which offends Tsukada?

2. What do the staff say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day she leaves work and never returns?

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

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

5. On the Woman in the Purple Skirt's third day of work, does the narrator go to work on her day off?

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