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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 is the narrator called at work?
(a) Supervisor Tsukada.
(b) Supervisor Hino.
(c) Supervisor Gondo.
(d) Supervisor Hamamoto.

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

3. What does the Supervisor comment to the Woman about after she changes into her uniform on her first day of work?
(a) How thin she is.
(b) How unkempt her hair is.
(c) How unusual she is.
(d) How overweight she is.

4. Who does the narrator decide the Woman in the Purple Skirt reminds her of at the start of the second chapter?
(a) Her best friend, Mei.
(b) Her old neighbor Mika.
(c) Her schoolmate, Mei-chan.
(d) Her cousin Miyuki.

5. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
(a) She used to be a famous singer.
(b) She is being stalked by someone.
(c) She used to be a short distance runner.
(d) She used to own a cafe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has the Woman in the Purple Skirt been unemployed when she finally lands a job interview?

3. What article of clothing does the narrator use to define herself?

4. What does the director condemn the staff for in the first meeting on the Woman's first day?

5. What does Supervisor Tsukada tell the Woman she should eat for breakfast before work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes does the narrator note about the Woman when she has a job versus when she does not?

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

3. In what ways does the Woman in the Purple Skirt remind the narrator of her sister? What is the narrator's relationship with her sister?

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

5. Why is the narrator not surprised when the Woman struggles to get hired?

6. Describe the first monthly staff meeting that the Woman attends. What is the focus? How does she behave?

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

8. 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?

9. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt live? What does this place reveal about the Woman?

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

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