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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the director tell the Woman might happen if she continues to do so well at work?
(a) She can get a better job at a nicer hotel.
(b) He can get her a job in the head office.
(c) She will be co-owner of the hotel.
(d) She will take over his position.

2. How does the director respond when the Woman apologizes for any trouble she caused by being so late that day?
(a) She was very irresponsible.
(b) Don't let it happen again.
(c) It was not her fault.
(d) Three strikes and you're out.

3. What do the children at the park become obsessed with after the Woman has not visited for two weeks?
(a) Unicycles.
(b) Board games.
(c) Magic tricks.
(d) An old man.

4. What accessory does the director have that is similar, though more expensive, than the narrator's?
(a) Tie.
(b) Belt.
(c) Watch.
(d) Sunglasses.

5. What does the hotel manager says will happen if someone confesses to stealing the hotel items?
(a) There will be no punishment.
(b) They will be put on probation from work.
(c) They will be commended for their honesty.
(d) They will discuss a loan because this person obviously needs money.

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

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

8. Why is the narrator unable to ask Supervisor Tsukada about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her day off after she saw her in the shopping district?
(a) She is off as well.
(b) She quit.
(c) She has been fired.
(d) She refuses to speak to the narrator.

9. What does the director say is "very promising" (99) when they chat the day the Woman came in to work late?
(a) How quickly she cleans rooms.
(b) How much the other staff like her.
(c) How well she can handle her alcohol.
(d) How determined she was to get to work that day.

10. How do the staff behave around the Woman when she wears her perfume?
(a) They ask her what she is wearing.
(b) They hold their noses and leave.
(c) They tell her she smells amazing.
(d) They tell her she is trying too hard to impress the director.

11. What does the narrator hear the staff saying about the Woman in the Purple Skirt after she had been working there for awhile?
(a) She looks healthier and happier.
(b) She has lost too much weight.
(c) She has become withdrawn.
(d) She is the worst employee yet.

12. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?
(a) The director.
(b) The hotel.
(c) Supervisor Gondo.
(d) Supervisor Tsukada.

13. What do the children ask the Woman for after she shares her box of chocolates with them?
(a) Some towels with the hotel logo.
(b) Snacks from the minibar.
(c) A hotel uniform.
(d) An empty box of chocolates.

14. What do some of the staff say about the Woman when discussing how quickly she does her job?
(a) She is the best employee yet.
(b) She is not only fast but highly efficient.
(c) She had the best training of anyone.
(d) She must be cutting corners.

15. 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 told her to watch it.
(b) She did not notice.
(c) She apologized profusely.
(d) She helped her up and then ran off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the 13th floor of the hotel, where the Woman works after she completes her training?

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

3. 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?

4. What does the narrator do the first time she and the Woman in the Purple Skirt have a day off in three weeks?

5. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?

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