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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. What surprising gossip does the narrator overhear about the Woman in the Purple Skirt?
2. Who does the Woman in the Purple Skirt begin to call on the payphone obsessively?
3. What do the children at the park become obsessed with after the Woman has not visited for two weeks?
4. What is the topic of the first monthly meeting after the narrator saw the director and the Woman on a date?
5. How long does it take the Woman in the Purple Skirt to complete her training?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Where do the director and the Woman go on their date after the coffee shop? Which place do they stay the longest?
3. What does the narrator imagine would happen if passersby knew they had passed the Woman in the Purple Skirt and that she was with a man?
4. 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?
5. How does the narrator come to memorize the director's home phone number?
6. What happens on the morning bus when the narrator notices a bit of rice on the Woman in the Purple Skirt's jacket?
7. 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.
8. In what ways does the staff treat the Woman very different than the narrator has ever been treated by them?
9. What leads the Woman to leave the hotel and never return?
10. What happens when Supervisor Tsukada confronts the Woman in the Purple Skirt about the stolen hotel items?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a brief essay analyzing the title, The Woman in the Purple Skirt. Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of obsession and loneliness.
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 analyzing Imamura's commentary on the theme of loneliness in The Woman in the Purple Skirt. How is this theme important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
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