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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one Supervisor say when Supervisor Tsukada mentions that Supervisor Gondo was off from work two days ago?
(a) She was sure she had seen her.
(b) She loves when Supervisor Gondo is not there.
(c) Supervisor Gondo never takes a day off.
(d) Supervisor Gondo deserves a day off once in awhile.

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

3. What does the narrator do once she hears people saying that the Woman in the Purple Skirt leaves her work cart too messy?
(a) She complains to the director.
(b) She yells at them.
(c) She tells the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
(d) She cleans her cart.

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

5. What part of the Woman in the Purple Skirt's body does the narrator accidentally touch on the bus when it jerks?
(a) Her bottom.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her nose.
(d) Her eye.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What bothers the narrator when she overhears the conversation between the Woman and the director after the incident on the bus?
(a) The director does not seem concerned about the Woman.
(b) The Woman never mentions how close she and the narrator have become.
(c) The Woman is lying about what happened to get sympathy.
(d) The Woman never mentions having her nose tweaked.

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

14. How do the staff treat the Woman in the Purple Skirt after finding out about her affair with the director?
(a) They try to get her fired.
(b) They try to ingratiate themselves with her.
(c) They ignore her.
(d) They call her demeaning names.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?

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

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

4. Where do the director and the first stop on their date after leaving the coffee shop?

5. What is the topic of the first monthly meeting after the narrator saw the director and the Woman on a date?

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