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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 do the director and the Woman discuss on the bus after their date?
(a) His son's birthday.
(b) Her mother and father's anniversary.
(c) His anniversary with his wife.
(d) Her 6-year-old niece's birthday.

2. What bothers the narrator when she overhears the conversation between the Woman and the director after the incident on the bus?
(a) The Woman is lying about what happened to get sympathy.
(b) The director does not seem concerned about the Woman.
(c) The Woman never mentions how close she and the narrator have become.
(d) The Woman never mentions having her nose tweaked.

3. What do the director and the Woman in the Purple Skirt get at the when they get off of the bus?
(a) Milk tea and sweet rice.
(b) Cream buns and sandwiches.
(c) A couple of beers.
(d) Two cans of coffee.

4. Who is sure the Woman in the Purple Skirt is going to show up for work on her fourth day when she does not arrive on time?
(a) Supervisor Gondo.
(b) The director.
(c) Supervisor Tsukada.
(d) Supervisor Hamomoto.

5. What is significant about the 13th floor of the hotel, where the Woman works after she completes her training?
(a) They keep it vacant.
(b) Celebrities stay there.
(c) People live there.
(d) The staff can rest there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?

2. What does the director realize he lost while out with Woman in the Purple Skirt?

3. Who brings the Woman in the Purple Skirt to work after she stops taking the bus in the mornings?

4. What does the director tell the Woman might happen if she continues to do so well at work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Supervisor Tsukada confronts the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the stolen hotel items?

2. What is unusual about the Woman in the Purple Skirt the evening the narrator sees her in the shopping district late after her third day of work?

3. How does the Woman find out that somebody is selling hotel amenities at the local bazaar?

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

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. 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?

7. What leads the Woman to leave the hotel and never return?

8. Describe the conversation between the Woman and Supervisor Tsukada about the hotel shampoo and why the Woman does not use it.

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

10. What happens when the staff learn someone is selling hotel items at the local bazaar? Who do they think is behind it?

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