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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the staff discuss after the monthly meeting when they gossip about the director and the Woman's affair?
(a) They say they are going to quit if it does not stop.
(b) They say she is paid more than the others.
(c) They say his wife knows.
(d) They say she is getting a promotion.

2. Why does the director refuse to get on the first bus while he and the Woman in the Purple Skirt are at the stop?
(a) He thinks they are being followed.
(b) He knows the bus driver and worries he will tell his wife.
(c) He thinks he will vomit.
(d) He thinks his wife will see him.

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt receive after she completes her training?
(a) A new uniform.
(b) A master key.
(c) A pay raise.
(d) A basket of fruit.

4. 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?
(a) She has been fired.
(b) She is off as well.
(c) She refuses to speak to the narrator.
(d) She quit.

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

6. What brand new item does the Woman in the Purple Skirt look at on the bus as the narrator watches from the back?
(a) Cell phone.
(b) Notebook.
(c) Bracelet.
(d) Purse.

7. Why does the narrator no longer see the Woman in the Purple Skirt on the bus in the mornings?
(a) The Woman does not take the bus to work anymore.
(b) The Woman takes an earlier bus to work.
(c) The Woman keeps missing the bus.
(d) The Woman bought a new car.

8. What does the narrator think would happen if people knew they passed the Woman in the Purple Skirt with a man?
(a) The Woman would be fired.
(b) The director would be fired.
(c) TV crews would interview her.
(d) The director's wife would find out immediately.

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

10. Where do the director and the first stop on their date after leaving the coffee shop?
(a) The cinema.
(b) His house.
(c) The bazaar.
(d) The post office.

11. How does the director respond when the Woman apologizes for any trouble she caused by being so late that day?
(a) It was not her fault.
(b) She was very irresponsible.
(c) Don't let it happen again.
(d) Three strikes and you're out.

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

13. What do the staff members begin to think the Woman in the Purple Skirt is doing with the hotel amenities?
(a) Selling them at the school bazaar.
(b) Donating them to a homeless shelter.
(c) Giving them as gifts to family members.
(d) Hoarding them in her apartment.

14. 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.

15. What does the director say is "very promising" (99) when they chat the day the Woman came in to work late?
(a) How determined she was to get to work that day.
(b) How quickly she cleans rooms.
(c) How much the other staff like her.
(d) How well she can handle her alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the staff say about the Woman when discussing how quickly she does her job?

2. What does one Supervisor say when Supervisor Tsukada mentions that Supervisor Gondo was off from work two days ago?

3. 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?

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

5. What does the narrator do the first time she and the Woman in the Purple Skirt have a day off in three weeks?

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