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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?
(a) Creative writing.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Biology.
(d) Acting.

2. 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 too weird.
(c) She is the director's pet.
(d) She dislikes fruit.

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

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

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

6. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell the Woman she should eat for breakfast before work?
(a) A bagel.
(b) Meat.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Rice.

7. What did the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat for breakfast on her first day of work?
(a) A cream bun.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Rice.
(d) Cornflakes.

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

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

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

11. What is a sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt has a job?
(a) She moves to a nicer place.
(b) She goes out to restaurants more often.
(c) She leaves early and comes home late.
(d) She wears fancy clothing.

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

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

14. 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) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) The hotel manager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the staff say about the agency director's homelife?

2. What does the narrator do to try to make extra money?

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

4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?

5. What job does the narrator highlight for the Woman in the first job magazine she leaves for her?

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