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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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(b) She has become withdrawn.
(c) She is the worst employee yet.
(d) She has lost too much weight.

3. Who do the staff call "a straitlaced prude" (173) when the Woman in the Purple Skirt considers checking her bottle for alcohol?
(a) Supervisor Tachibana.
(b) Supervisor Tsukada.
(c) Supervisor Hamamoto.
(d) The narrator.

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

5. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt bring to the children in the park after she completed her training at work?
(a) A basket of fruit.
(b) Sodas from the minibar.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A set of towels.

6. What does one Supervisor say when Supervisor Tsukada mentions that Supervisor Gondo was off from work two days ago?
(a) She loves when Supervisor Gondo is not there.
(b) She was sure she had seen her.
(c) Supervisor Gondo never takes a day off.
(d) Supervisor Gondo deserves a day off once in awhile.

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

8. 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.

9. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day after the director visits her?
(a) Her hair is disheveled.
(b) She smells more strongly of perfume.
(c) She is extra tired.
(d) She is extra happy.

10. How do the children react when the Woman in the Purple Skirt tells them she works as a hotel cleaner?
(a) They say they want the same job.
(b) They tell her that is a pathetic job.
(c) They ask if she is rich.
(d) They laugh.

11. What did the staff often do for the Woman in the Purple Skirt, which they never did for the narrator?
(a) Fix her hair.
(b) Give her rides to work.
(c) Bring her presents.
(d) Offer to buy her lunch.

12. Why is the narrator surprised to find the Woman in the Purple Skirt in the shopping district after her third day of work?
(a) She had never seen her there before.
(b) It is very late.
(c) She was with a man she had never seen.
(d) She has no money to spend.

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

14. What surprising gossip does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) She is trying to get the director's job.
(b) She is being stalked by a coworker.
(c) She is having an affair with a celebrity guest.
(d) She is having an affair with the director.

15. 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 steal some hotel items.
(b) She forgot to clean off her cart the day before.
(c) She wants to pick up her paycheck.
(d) She wants to introduce herself to the Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt give to the director at the bus stop when he is drunk?

2. Who is sure the Woman in the Purple Skirt is going to show up for work on her fourth day when she does not arrive on time?

3. What did the narrator do with the item the director left at the bar?

4. What do the staff discuss after the monthly meeting when they gossip about the director and the Woman's affair?

5. What does one of the girls in the park say she has at home with the hotel logo on it?

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