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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the narrator think would help her develop a friendships with the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) If they had the same job.
(b) If they lived in the same building.
(c) If she introduced herself.
(d) If she friended her on social media.

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

4. What does Supervisor Hamomoto tell the Woman in the Purple Skirt Supervisor Tachibana takes from work?
(a) Leftover champagne.
(b) Candy.
(c) Coffee and tea.
(d) Towels and bed linen.

5. What article of clothing does the narrator use to define herself?
(a) Green Dress.
(b) Yellow Cardigan.
(c) Blue Shorts.
(d) Red Blouse.

6. What does the narrator do to help the Woman in the Purple Skirt find work?
(a) She fills out jobs applications on her behalf.
(b) She leaves jobs magazines on her bench with certain positions highlighted.
(c) She brings her to a job fair.
(d) She tells her employer to hire the Woman.

7. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?
(a) He has a lot of wild parties.
(b) He is very poor.
(c) He lives alone.
(d) His wife bosses him around.

8. What did the narrator have to pay to repair after bumping into it one day?
(a) A police car.
(b) A flower shop display window.
(c) A butcher's display cabinet.
(d) A mailbox.

9. What did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Call her and pretend she dialed the wrong number.
(b) Deliver her mail.
(c) Sit near her on the bench.
(d) Bump into her.

10. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?
(a) Hino Gondo.
(b) Mayuko Hamamoto.
(c) Mayuko Hino.
(d) Mei-chan Hino.

11. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?
(a) She joined a gang.
(b) She became a police officer.
(c) She moved to Europe.
(d) She died.

12. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?
(a) A list of interview questions.
(b) Shampoo.
(c) A notebook and pen.
(d) Nail polish.

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

14. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A school.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A sales office.

15. What does the narrator think people in the neighborhood would say if TV crews asked if they knew the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Who?
(d) Go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director ask the narrator to do when he sees her in the shadows while he is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

2. What does the Supervisor comment to the Woman about after she changes into her uniform on her first day of work?

3. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?

4. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?

5. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?

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