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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Woman in the Purple Skirt carrying when she and the narrator collided outside of the elevator?
(a) A stack of towels.
(b) Bottles of champagne.
(c) A trash bag.
(d) Boxes of chocolates.

3. 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 much the other staff like her.
(c) How well she can handle her alcohol.
(d) How quickly she cleans rooms.

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

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

6. What does the narrator realize she forgot when she came to work on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's third day?
(a) Her uniform.
(b) Her wallet.
(c) Her ID.
(d) Her master key.

7. What do the staff say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt the day she leaves work and never returns?
(a) They know she is having an affair with the director.
(b) Supervisor Gondo is stalking her.
(c) Turn herself in for stealing or they will report her.
(d) Her perfume smells like rotten bananas.

8. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's first stop on her day off?
(a) The library.
(b) The post office.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) A coffee shop.

9. What does the narrator learn the Woman in the Purple Skirt had done with other staff members after her third day of work?
(a) Stolen a bunch of hotel amenities.
(b) Gone out for drinks.
(c) Went to a house party.
(d) Quit her job.

10. 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.

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

12. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?
(a) The hotel.
(b) Supervisor Gondo.
(c) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) The director.

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

14. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt meet on her day off from work?
(a) Supervisor Tsukamada.
(b) The director.
(c) The children in the park.
(d) Her sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?

2. What does the narrator hear the staff saying about the Woman in the Purple Skirt after she had been working there for awhile?

3. What does the hotel manager says will happen if someone confesses to stealing the hotel items?

4. 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?

5. What part of the Woman in the Purple Skirt's body does the narrator accidentally touch on the bus when it jerks?

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