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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How early does the Woman in the Purple Skirt leave for the bus on the first day of her new job?
2. How long has it been since the narrator last saw her sister?
3. What does the Woman share with the children at the park after her first day of work?
4. What does the Woman in the Purple Skirt fail to bring on her first day, which disappoints Supervisor Tsukada?
5. What does Supervisor Tsukada give the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the end of her first day, which is meant for hotel guests?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What does the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada and the director saying about the Woman during her first day on the job?
4. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt live? What does this place reveal about the Woman?
5. How do the children at the park interact with the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the park? How does she react to them?
6. What does the narrator to do try to get shampoo samples to the Woman? Is she successful?
7. Describe the interaction between Supervisor Tsukada and the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day after she gets her uniform.
8. What surprises the narrator about the Woman in the Purple Skirt after they begin to work together?
9. 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?
10. Why is the narrator not surprised when the Woman struggles to get hired?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the significance of the children in the park in The Woman in the Purple Skirt. What do they represent? How do they develop the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the hotel setting in The Woman in the Purple Skirt. In what ways does this setting impact the narrative and the themes of obsession and loneliness?
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