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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 think would happen if people knew they passed the Woman in the Purple Skirt with a man?
(a) The director's wife would find out immediately.
(b) The Woman would be fired.
(c) The director would be fired.
(d) TV crews would interview her.

2. What do the children ask the Woman for after she shares her box of chocolates with them?
(a) Snacks from the minibar.
(b) An empty box of chocolates.
(c) A hotel uniform.
(d) Some towels with the hotel logo.

3. What does the narrator imagine doing to the Woman on the bus after the incident the day before in order for them to finally become friends?
(a) She will offer to drive the Woman to work from now on.
(b) She will stand close to the Woman on the bus to protect her from another such incident.
(c) She will tell the Woman she saw what happened and offer condolences.
(d) She will tweak her nose harder and drag her off the bus so she can tell her who she is and they will be friends.

4. What does the bus driver do after the Woman in the Purple Skirt announces her accusation?
(a) Throws the man off the bus and keeps moving.
(b) Tells her to pipe down.
(c) Ignores the Woman.
(d) Stops the bus at a police box.

5. What do the other passengers do after the Woman announces her accusation on the bus?
(a) They ignore her.
(b) They drag the man off.
(c) They attack the Woman.
(d) They tell her to be quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one Supervisor say when Supervisor Tsukada mentions that Supervisor Gondo was off from work two days ago?

2. What is the topic of the first monthly meeting after the narrator saw the director and the Woman on a date?

3. Why is the narrator surprised to find the Woman in the Purple Skirt in the shopping district after her third day of work?

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

5. Where does the girl in the park say her parents purchased the items she has at home with the hotel logo on it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is the narrator annoyed with the way the Woman explains the bus incident to the director and others? What does she imagine doing the next time she has a chance?

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

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

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

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

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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