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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 do the staff say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day she leaves work and never returns?
(a) Turn herself in for stealing or they will report her.
(b) Supervisor Gondo is stalking her.
(c) Her perfume smells like rotten bananas.
(d) They know she is having an affair with the director.

2. What surprising gossip does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) She is being stalked by a coworker.
(b) She is having an affair with the director.
(c) She is trying to get the director's job.
(d) She is having an affair with a celebrity guest.

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt give to the director at the bus stop when he is drunk?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A sports drink.
(c) A slap.
(d) Coffee.

4. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt when she leaves her apartment the day they both have off from work?
(a) She seems slimmer.
(b) She had gained weight.
(c) Her teeth are whiter.
(d) Her hair is shinier.

5. What does the narrator tell the Woman they will do together after they stay at a hotel?
(a) Move in with her parents.
(b) Search for work.
(c) Call the director's wife and tell her what a creep he was.
(d) Call the cops and give their account of events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director ask the Woman in the Purple Skirt to do to help save his job?

2. Who is the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt?

3. What do the staff discuss after the monthly meeting when they gossip about the director and the Woman's affair?

4. What does the narrator do before heading out of her apartment at the start of the final chapter?

5. What does one of the girls in the park say she has at home with the hotel logo on it?

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