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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator imagine doing to the Woman on the bus after the incident the day before in order for them to finally become friends?
(a) She will tell the Woman she saw what happened and offer condolences.
(b) She will offer to drive the Woman to work from now on.
(c) She will tweak her nose harder and drag her off the bus so she can tell her who she is and they will be friends.
(d) She will stand close to the Woman on the bus to protect her from another such incident.

2. What did the narrator do with the item the director left at the bar?
(a) She gave it to the bartender.
(b) She mailed it to the director's home.
(c) She put it in the lost and found at work.
(d) She kept it.

3. Why does the hotel manager call a second meeting of the month?
(a) To discuss the missing hotel amenities.
(b) He is stepping down from his position.
(c) Several staff members have been fired.
(d) Nobody has heard from the director.

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

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

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

7. 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) Yes, she did.
(c) She does not drink.
(d) Who is Supervisor Gondo.

8. 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 gregarious and says hi to the narrator.
(c) She is smily and walks with confidence.
(d) She is unsteady and tired.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt tell Supervisor Tachibana she knows she steals from work?

2. What does the narrator see a man doing to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on the bus one morning?

3. 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?

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. Who brings the Woman in the Purple Skirt to work after she stops taking the bus in the mornings?

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