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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Pages 139 - 172.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs up to Komako at the train station?
(a) The music teacher.
(b) A beggar.
(c) The train conductor.
(d) Yoko.

2. What does Yukio's mother do for a living?
(a) Yukio's mother is a fisherman.
(b) Yukio's mother is a music teacher.
(c) Yukio's mother is a farmer.
(d) Yukio's mother is a doctor.

3. What does Komako apparently stop trying to do when staying at Shimamura's?
(a) Drinking too much alcohol
(b) Sitting on the floor.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Leaving before daybreak.

4. In Shimamura's room at night, what does Komako say she will do until she has recovered from her ailment?
(a) Wait in the hallway.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Lie in Shimamura's bed.
(d) Sit on the floor.

5. Where does Komako tell Yoko she had considered going when they met early in this section?
(a) To the hot springs.
(b) To the hairdresser.
(c) To the cemetary.
(d) To the doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Komako find strange that Shimamura hadn't mentioned?

2. What does Shimamura's wife say he should take care of in her warning about the season?

3. In Part Two, where does Shimamura travel to the day after he and Komako argue?

4. What does Komako write in her diary?

5. What does Yoko tell Shimamura she feels about Komako?

(see the answer key)

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