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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?
(a) She plays Hide-and-seek with them.
(b) She races on bikes with them.
(c) She plays tag with them.
(d) She plays cards with them.

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

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

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

5. What does the director have the Woman in the Purple Skirt do at the start of their training on her first day?
(a) Yell her name loudly.
(b) Write a list of items for her cart.
(c) Clean a room as fast as she can.
(d) Write a schedule for the rest of her day.

6. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

7. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat on the same bench in the park?
(a) A cream bun.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Sushi.
(d) Noodles.

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

9. Why is the narrator unsurprised that the Woman in the Purple Skirt struggles to get hired?
(a) She does not speak.
(b) She is unkempt.
(c) She is not very smart.
(d) She lacks ambition.

10. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt go each week at the start of the story?
(a) A bakery.
(b) The library.
(c) The community pool.
(d) A bar.

11. 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 thought it was poisoned.
(c) She was afraid to get in trouble at school.
(d) She hated gum.

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

13. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) She used to be a short distance runner.
(b) She is being stalked by someone.
(c) She used to be a famous singer.
(d) She used to own a cafe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?

4. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

5. Who does the narrator decide the Woman in the Purple Skirt reminds her of at the start of the second chapter?

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