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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator see the Woman purchasing in the market one day?
(a) Perfume.
(b) New tights.
(c) Shampoo.
(d) Cheese.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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 having an affair with a celebrity guest.
(c) She is having an affair with the director.
(d) She is being stalked by a coworker.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. 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 called to say she will be late.
(c) The Woman has been fired.
(d) The Woman called to say she quit.

13. 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) Touching her bottom.
(b) Stealing her wallet.
(c) Stealing her cell phone.
(d) Tweaking her nose.

14. 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?
(a) The director.
(b) Supervisor Hamomoto.
(c) Supervisor Gondo.
(d) Supervisor Tsukada.

15. What does the narrator see a man doing to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on the bus one morning?
(a) Holding her hand.
(b) Stealing her money.
(c) Sniffing her hair.
(d) Kissing her cheek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do once she hears people saying that the Woman in the Purple Skirt leaves her work cart too messy?

2. Instead of getting ramen like the narrator assumes, where do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt go?

3. 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?

4. Why does the hotel manager call a second meeting of the month?

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

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