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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?
(a) Her mother and father's anniversary.
(b) Her 6-year-old niece's birthday.
(c) His anniversary with his wife.
(d) His son's birthday.

2. What was the Woman in the Purple Skirt carrying when she and the narrator collided outside of the elevator?
(a) Boxes of chocolates.
(b) A trash bag.
(c) Bottles of champagne.
(d) A stack of towels.

3. Who brings the Woman in the Purple Skirt to work after she stops taking the bus in the mornings?
(a) The director.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(d) She takes a cab.

4. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt when she leaves her apartment the day they both have off from work?
(a) Her teeth are whiter.
(b) She seems slimmer.
(c) Her hair is shinier.
(d) She had gained weight.

5. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?
(a) They tell her to be quiet.
(b) They attack the Woman.
(c) They drag the man off.
(d) They ignore her.

6. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt tell Supervisor Tsukada she does in the hotel room when she locks the door?
(a) Prank calls the director's wife.
(b) Drinks coffee and has cake.
(c) Calls her mother.
(d) Sleeps with the director.

7. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt receive after she completes her training?
(a) A master key.
(b) A new uniform.
(c) A basket of fruit.
(d) A pay raise.

8. How did the Woman in the Purple Skirt react when she and the narrator collided outside of the elevator one day at work?
(a) She helped her up and then ran off.
(b) She did not notice.
(c) She apologized profusely.
(d) She told her to watch it.

9. What does the Woman tell the children about the hotel the day after she completes her training?
(a) It is infested with cockroaches.
(b) It is a cheap hotel.
(c) Many celebrities stay there.
(d) She hates working there.

10. What does the director announce to the staff just as Supervisor Tsukada is telling them how drunk the Woman in the Purple Skirt got two nights earlier?
(a) The Woman was in the hospital.
(b) The Woman has been fired.
(c) The Woman called to say she will be late.
(d) The Woman called to say she quit.

11. Where do the director and the first stop on their date after leaving the coffee shop?
(a) His house.
(b) The cinema.
(c) The post office.
(d) The bazaar.

12. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's first stop on her day off?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) The post office.
(c) The library.
(d) The grocery store.

13. On the Woman in the Purple Skirt's third day of work, does the narrator go to work on her day off?
(a) She wants to pick up her paycheck.
(b) She wants to steal some hotel items.
(c) She wants to introduce herself to the Woman.
(d) She forgot to clean off her cart the day before.

14. What does the Woman say to Supervisor Tsukada about the hotel shampoo, which offends Tsukada?
(a) It has a fishy smell.
(b) It makes you hair oily.
(c) It smells like poo.
(d) It is pathetic to steal hotel shampoo.

15. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt appear to the narrator when she sees her in the shopping district the evening after her third day of work?
(a) She is unsteady and tired.
(b) She is smily and walks with confidence.
(c) She is solemnly walking with a strange man.
(d) She is gregarious and says hi to the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the Woman in the Purple Skirt to complete her training?

2. What does Supervisor Tsukada say when someone asks if Supervisor Gondo joined the Woman in the Purple Skirt and other staff members a few nights earlier?

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt tell Supervisor Tachibana she knows she steals from work?

4. Who do the staff call "a straitlaced prude" (173) when the Woman in the Purple Skirt considers checking her bottle for alcohol?

5. Who refers to what the Woman in the Purple Skirt does behind locked doors as "the very worst kind of behavior" (169)?

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