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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt accuse someone on the bus of doing one morning when the narrator is on it with her?
(a) Stealing her wallet.
(b) Touching her bottom.
(c) Tweaking her nose.
(d) Stealing her cell phone.

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

3. What part of the Woman in the Purple Skirt's body does the narrator accidentally touch on the bus when it jerks?
(a) Her eye.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her bottom.

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

5. 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.

6. What does the director realize he lost while out with Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) His sunglasses.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His wedding ring.
(d) His watch.

7. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt wear to work, which is against the rules?
(a) A low cut shirt.
(b) Black nylons.
(c) Red nail polish.
(d) Red lipstick.

8. 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?
(a) Yes, she did.
(b) Who is Supervisor Gondo.
(c) She does not drink.
(d) Nobody likes her.

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) Many celebrities stay there.
(c) It is a cheap hotel.
(d) She hates working there.

10. Where does the girl in the park say her parents purchased the items she has at home with the hotel logo on it?
(a) A strange woman.
(b) A department store.
(c) The hotel.
(d) The local bazaar.

11. How long does it take the Woman in the Purple Skirt to complete her training?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 1/2 days.

12. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt tell Supervisor Tachibana she knows she steals from work?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Shampoo.

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

14. What does the narrator do the first time she and the Woman in the Purple Skirt have a day off in three weeks?
(a) She leaves a box of cream buns on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's doorstep.
(b) She asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to hang out with her.
(c) She watches her house until the Woman leaves.
(d) She goes to work anyway.

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 solemnly walking with a strange man.
(b) She is unsteady and tired.
(c) She is gregarious and says hi to the narrator.
(d) She is smily and walks with confidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator learn the Woman in the Purple Skirt had done with other staff members after her third day of work?

2. What do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt get at the when they get off of the bus?

3. What did the narrator see the Woman purchasing in the market one day?

4. What does the narrator notice about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day after the director visits her?

5. How long does the director stay at the Woman's apartment after their date?

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