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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 narrator realize she forgot when she came to work on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's third day?
(a) Her ID.
(b) Her master key.
(c) Her uniform.
(d) Her wallet.

2. What was the Woman in the Purple Skirt carrying when she and the narrator collided outside of the elevator?
(a) Bottles of champagne.
(b) A trash bag.
(c) A stack of towels.
(d) Boxes of chocolates.

3. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt bring to the children in the park after she completed her training at work?
(a) Sodas from the minibar.
(b) A set of towels.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A basket of fruit.

4. Why is the narrator surprised to find the Woman in the Purple Skirt in the shopping district after her third day of work?
(a) It is very late.
(b) She had never seen her there before.
(c) She has no money to spend.
(d) She was with a man she had never seen.

5. Why is the narrator unable to ask Supervisor Tsukada about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her day off after she saw her in the shopping district?
(a) She has been fired.
(b) She is off as well.
(c) She refuses to speak to the narrator.
(d) She quit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How late is the Woman in the Purple Skirt for work on her fourth day after the incident on the bus?

2. What bothers the narrator when she overhears the conversation between the Woman and the director after the incident on the bus?

3. What do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?

4. What accessory does the director have that is similar, though more expensive, than the narrator's?

5. What are the supervisors tasked with after their monthly meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Woman discover when she sniffs the other staff members' water bottles? Does she check the narrator's? Why or why not?

2. How does the narrator come to memorize the director's home phone number?

3. What rumor does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?

4. What do the staff say the morning the Woman in the Purple Skirt is late for work? What does Supervisor Tsukada tell them they had done with the Woman a couple nights before?

5. Describe the conversation between the Woman and the director when she apologizes to him for being so late to work the morning of the bus incident.

6. Describe the scene when the Woman shares a box of chocolates with the children at the park. What do they discuss?

7. What happens on the morning bus when the narrator notices a bit of rice on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's jacket?

8. Why is the narrator more likely to see the Woman at the park than at work after the Woman completes her training?

9. Where do the director and the Woman go on their date after the coffee shop? Which place do they stay the longest?

10. What do the Woman and director do at the bus stop after the bar? What does the director learn he lost? What happened to this item?

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