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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 Supervisor Tsukada give the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the end of her first day, which is meant for hotel guests?
(a) An apple.
(b) A bottle of Champagne.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A towel.

2. What does the Woman share with the children at the park after her first day of work?
(a) An apple.
(b) Her salary.
(c) Champagne.
(d) A cream bun.

3. What does the director ask the Woman in the Purple Skirt to do to help save his job?
(a) Tell the hotel manager was a great boss he is.
(b) Write a statement saying she alone stole the items.
(c) Come back to work.
(d) Write fake online reviews complimenting him.

4. How do the staff behave around the Woman when she wears her perfume?
(a) They tell her she is trying too hard to impress the director.
(b) They ask her what she is wearing.
(c) They hold their noses and leave.
(d) They tell her she smells amazing.

5. What is one sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt is not working in the third chapter?
(a) She has no electricity.
(b) She does not leave the house.
(c) She seems healthy.
(d) She stops buying cream buns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel certain the Woman in the Purple Skirt must not be Arishima-san, whom she knew from school?

2. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt receive after she completes her training?

3. How often does the staff have their meetings with the manager?

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt wear to work, which is against the rules?

5. What does the narrator do the first time she and the Woman in the Purple Skirt have a day off in three weeks?

(see the answer key)

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