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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel certain the Woman in the Purple Skirt must not be Arishima-san, whom she knew from school?
(a) Arishima-san passed away several years ago.
(b) Arishima-san was a troublemaker who must be in jail.
(c) Arishima-san was her imaginary friend.
(d) Arishima-san moved to Europe.

2. 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 caught stealing.
(c) The narrator almost collapsed.
(d) The narrator was there when someone tried to rob the place at gunpoint.

3. 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) A box of chocolates.
(b) A bottle of Champagne.
(c) A towel.
(d) An apple.

4. 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?
(a) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.
(b) Go away.
(c) Take over the training.
(d) Come out and introduce herself.

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

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

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

8. What family event marked the last time the narrator saw her sister?
(a) Her parent's divorce.
(b) Her father's death.
(c) Her brother's suicide.
(d) Her mother's death.

9. 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 stops buying cream buns.
(c) She does not leave the house.
(d) She seems healthy.

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

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

12. Who thwarts the narrator's efforts to introduce herself to the Woman while on her break one afternoon?
(a) Supervisor Hamomoto.
(b) The director.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Supervisor Tsukada.

13. 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 cheerfully says her name.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She bows and begins to cry.

14. What wound does the narrator believe her sister may still have from the time they fought over the last bite of purin?
(a) Bite marks on her thumbs.
(b) A limp.
(c) A broken toe.
(d) A scar on her leg.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator call the bench the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on each time she goes to the park?

3. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt get a job?

4. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?

5. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?

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