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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 dilapidated apartment.
(b) A small shack.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A well-maintained condo.

2. What had the director gone to school for prior to working at the hotel?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Acting.
(c) Biology.
(d) Creative writing.

3. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?
(a) 4:45 a.m.
(b) 6:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 7:30 a.m.

4. What game do local children play in the park to see who has to tap the Woman in the Purple Skirt's shoulder?
(a) Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.
(b) One potato, Two potato.
(c) Tic-tac-toe.
(d) Rock-paper-scissors.

5. What does the director ask the narrator to do when he sees her in the shadows while he is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
(a) Raise her hand if she can hear the Woman.
(b) Go away.
(c) Take over the training.
(d) Come out and introduce herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Supervisor Tsukada describe the job to the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?

2. Which family member does the narrator first think the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind her of?

3. Why did the narrator throw away the stick of gum her classmate once gave her in junior high school?

4. What does the director help the Woman in the Purple Skirt with during lunch on her first day of work?

5. What do the Supervisors say when the Woman in the Purple Skirt expresses wonder whether the narrator steals from the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How did the narrator once try to engage with the Woman in the Purple Skirt? What was the result?

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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