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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. Who is the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt?
2. What did the narrator overhear Supervisor Tsukada telling the director about the Woman in the Purple Skirt on her first day?
3. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the narrator think would help her develop a friendships with the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
4. What does the director have the Woman in the Purple Skirt do at the start of their training on her first day?
5. What does the narrator do one day when a salesman sits on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's Exclusively Reserved Seat?
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. Who is Mei-chan and how does she relate to the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
3. Where does the Woman in the Purple Skirt live? What does this place reveal about the Woman?
4. How do the hotel employees feel about the Woman in the Purple Skirt when she first starts working there?
5. What happens at the park after the Woman sits with her apple after her first day of work?
6. Why is the narrator not surprised when the Woman struggles to get hired?
7. How do the children at the park interact with the Woman in the Purple Skirt at the park? How does she react to them?
8. What does the narrator do while the director is training the Woman in the Purple Skirt during her first day of work?
9. What type of information does the narrator keep track of regarding the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
10. In what way does the narrator feel she may have helped the Woman in the Purple Skirt win over the director and supervisor so quickly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 2
Write an analysis of the theme of invisibility in The Woman in the Purple Skirt. How is this theme expressed in the novel and why is it important?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the narrator's backstory has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if the narrator had a close-knit family? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
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