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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Who?
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Go away.

3. How is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's home described?
(a) A small shack.
(b) A dilapidated apartment.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A well-maintained condo.

4. What does the manager tell the staff they need to keep better tabs on during their meeting?
(a) Their timecards.
(b) The length of lunch breaks.
(c) How quickly they clean rooms.
(d) The complimentary items for guests.

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) 2 days.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 week.

6. How long has it been since the narrator last saw her sister?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

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

8. How long after her job interview does the Woman land her new job?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 weeks.

9. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?
(a) Voice training.
(b) Tracking complementary items.
(c) Time management.
(d) Organizing her cart.

10. What does the director give to the Woman while she is on her break one day?
(a) A can of hot coffee.
(b) A bowl of rice.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A cream bun.

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

12. 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 flower shop display window.
(d) A mailbox.

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

14. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?
(a) Rock-paper-scissors.
(b) Tic-tac-toe.
(c) One potato, Two potato.
(d) Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?

2. What does the director say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the other supervisors?

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 did the narrator once do in a vain attempt to get to know the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

5. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell the Woman she should eat for breakfast before work?

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