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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. What does the Woman do with the children in the park after her first day of work?
(a) She races on bikes with them.
(b) She plays tag with them.
(c) She plays Hide-and-seek with them.
(d) She plays cards with them.

2. What does the narrator think people in the neighborhood would say if TV crews asked if they knew the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Yes.
(b) Go away.
(c) Who?
(d) No.

3. What does the manager tell the staff they need to keep better tabs on during their meeting?
(a) Their timecards.
(b) The length of lunch breaks.
(c) The complimentary items for guests.
(d) How quickly they clean rooms.

4. What job does the narrator highlight for the Woman in the first job magazine she leaves for her?
(a) Parcel Sorter.
(b) Office cleaner.
(c) Newspaper deliverer.
(d) Telephone operator.

5. How does the narrator know The Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) They live in the same neighborhood.
(c) They met online.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?

2. Why does the narrator feel certain the Woman in the Purple Skirt must not be Arishima-san, whom she knew from school?

3. What does the narrator leave at the Woman's door to help her with her job interviews?

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

5. What rumor did the narrator hear about Arishima-san after she left school?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does the narrator do while the director is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt during her first day of work?

5. Describe the interaction between Supervisor Tsukada and the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day after she gets her uniform.

6. How do the hotel employees feel about the Woman in the Purple Skirt when she first starts working there?

7. Describe the training the director gives to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day,

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

9. How do the children at the park interact with the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the park? How does she react to them?

10. How do the supervisors convince the Woman to steal an apple from work one day? What do they say when she wonders if Supervisor Gondo steals?

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