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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?
(a) An orange.
(b) A water bottle.
(c) A banana.
(d) A of chocolate.

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

4. What does the director say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the other supervisors?
(a) They are old terrible workers.
(b) They are all very efficient.
(c) They are all highly intelligent.
(d) They are all strange.

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

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

7. 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 lived in the same building.
(b) If she introduced herself.
(c) If they had the same job.
(d) If she friended her on social media.

8. How does the narrator know The Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) They met online.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They live in the same neighborhood.

9. 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.

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) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

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

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

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

15. 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 Happy Place.
(b) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Favorite Spot.
(c) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat.
(d) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's BFF.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wound does the narrator believe her sister may still have from the time they fought over the last bite of purin?

2. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?

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

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

5. What do the Supervisors say when the Woman in the Purple Skirt expresses wonder whether the narrator steals from the hotel?

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