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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt get at the when they get off of the bus?
(a) Milk tea and sweet rice.
(b) A couple of beers.
(c) Cream buns and sandwiches.
(d) Two cans of coffee.

5. What information does the narrator keep in her diary regarding the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) When he goes to her apartment and how often he stays the night.
(b) How often they have the same day off.
(c) How many times they kiss on a date.
(d) How much the director drinks while on a date.

6. 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 watches her house until the Woman leaves.
(b) She leaves a box of cream buns on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's doorstep.
(c) She asks the Woman in the Purple Skirt to hang out with her.
(d) She goes to work anyway.

7. 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 discuss a loan because this person obviously needs money.
(c) They will be commended for their honesty.
(d) They will be put on probation from work.

8. What is the topic of the first monthly meeting after the narrator saw the director and the Woman on a date?
(a) More missing hotel amenities.
(b) The hotel is closing.
(c) The Woman's firing.
(d) The director's new replacement.

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

10. What does the bus driver do after the Woman in the Purple Skirt announces her accusation?
(a) Tells her to pipe down.
(b) Throws the man off the bus and keeps moving.
(c) Ignores the Woman.
(d) Stops the bus at a police box.

11. 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) She seems slimmer.
(b) Her teeth are whiter.
(c) Her hair is shinier.
(d) She had gained weight.

12. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell her colleagues the Woman in the Purple Skirt had said about the job a few nights earlier?
(a) She never stays at a place for very long.
(b) She was ready to quit.
(c) She is going to run the hotel someday.
(d) She loved it and wanted to keep it for a long time.

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

14. 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 called to say she quit.
(b) The Woman was in the hospital.
(c) The Woman called to say she will be late.
(d) The Woman has been fired.

15. What is significant about the 13th floor of the hotel, where the Woman works after she completes her training?
(a) The staff can rest there.
(b) They keep it vacant.
(c) Celebrities stay there.
(d) People live there.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator think would happen if people knew they passed the Woman in the Purple Skirt with a man?

5. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt bring to the children in the park after she completed her training at work?

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