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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Supervisors say when the Woman in the Purple Skirt expresses wonder whether the narrator steals from the hotel?
(a) She steals more than they do.
(b) She is the director's pet.
(c) She dislikes fruit.
(d) She is too weird.

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

3. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?
(a) 7:30 a.m.
(b) 4:45 a.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

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

5. Considering all the advice Supervisor Tsukada gives to the Woman, how long does the narrator feel it will take her to complete training?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 week.

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

7. What does the narrator call the bench the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on each time she goes to the park?
(a) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's BFF.
(b) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat.
(c) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Favorite Spot.
(d) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Happy Place.

8. What does the narrator do to try to make extra money?
(a) She has yard sales.
(b) She sells items at the local bazaar.
(c) She rents out a room in her apartment.
(d) She sells items online.

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

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

11. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt react when asked to introduced herself during the meeting on her first day?
(a) She freezes.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She cheerfully says her name.
(d) She bows and begins to cry.

12. What is the narrator called at work?
(a) Supervisor Gondo.
(b) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(c) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) Supervisor Hino.

13. How long has the Woman in the Purple Skirt been unemployed when she finally lands a job interview?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) 1 year.

14. How does Supervisor Tsukada describe the job to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) Quite difficult.
(b) A pain in the butt.
(c) Rather mindless.
(d) Easy Peasy.

15. Why did the narrator throw away the stick of gum her classmate once gave her in junior high school?
(a) Her parents did not allow her to chew gum.
(b) She was afraid to get in trouble at school.
(c) She hated gum.
(d) She thought it was poisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?

2. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt go each week at the start of the story?

3. What does the Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?

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

5. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat on the same bench in the park?

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