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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's home described?
(a) A well-maintained condo.
(b) A small shack.
(c) A dilapidated apartment.
(d) A mansion.

2. What information does the narrator keep in her journal about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Her daily exercise routine.
(b) Her work record.
(c) Her caloric intake.
(d) Her dates with men.

3. What does the director say to the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the other supervisors?
(a) They are all highly intelligent.
(b) They are all very efficient.
(c) They are all strange.
(d) They are old terrible workers.

4. What is a sign to the narrator that the Woman in the Purple Skirt has a job?
(a) She leaves early and comes home late.
(b) She wears fancy clothing.
(c) She goes out to restaurants more often.
(d) She moves to a nicer place.

5. What does the narrator call the bench the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on each time she goes to the park?
(a) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's BFF.
(b) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Favorite Spot.
(c) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Happy Place.
(d) The Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?

2. What does the narrator find under the Woman in the Purple Skirt's bench after she plays with the children at the park?

3. What is the Woman in the Purple Skirt's name?

4. What did the Woman in the Purple Skirt eat for breakfast on her first day of work?

5. How does the Woman in the Purple Skirt react when asked to introduced herself during the meeting on her first day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the park after the Woman sits with her apple after her first day of work?

2. Who is Arishima-san? Why does the narrator ultimately decide the Woman in the Purple Skirt cannot be Arishima-san?

3. What does the narrator leave on the Woman's park bench to assist in her job hunt?

4. What surprises the narrator about the Woman in the Purple Skirt after they begin to work together?

5. What does the narrator find after the Woman in the Purple Skirt leaves the park after eating the apple? What does she do with it?

6. Who is Mei-chan and how does she relate to the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

7. What does the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada and the director saying about the Woman during her first day on the job?

8. What does the narrator to do try to get shampoo samples to the Woman? Is she successful?

9. In what way does the narrator feel she may have helped the Woman in the Purple Skirt win over the director and supervisor so quickly?

10. How does the director thwart the narrator's chance to speak to the Woman on her second day of work? What does he say to her? What does he give her?

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