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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 Komako insist she and Shimamura do the night before he is to return to Tokyo?
(a) Meet with Yoko.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Go drinking.
(d) Bathe in the hot springs.

2. What does Komako excuse herself from the cemetery to do?
(a) To mail a letter.
(b) To wash her hair.
(c) To buy some flowers.
(d) To meet one of her patrons.

3. What does Shimamura become "strangely reluctant" to do after he learns of Yoko's new job?
(a) Leave his room at the inn.
(b) Invite Komoko to the inn.
(c) Speak to Yoko.
(d) Go shopping in town.

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

5. What is Komako told about Yukio at the train station?
(a) That Yukio is dying.
(b) That he is marrying Yoko.
(c) That he is asking to see her.
(d) That he has recovered from his illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Komoko say a woman on her own can always do?

2. Why does the music teacher not teach Komako music?

3. Who does Shimamura notice Komako doesn't mention when she talks about Yukio?

4. What time in the morning is it when Komako enters Shimamura's room "dead drunk"?

5. What does Komako say of her work ethic to Shimamura?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Komako not want to visit Yukio's grave?

2. What explanation does Komako give about her rumored engagement to Yukio?

3. Describe Komako's drunken arrival at Shimamura's room at three in the morning.

4. Why does Shimamura make his third trip to the resort town?

5. Who has Komako signed a geisha contract with and where does she live?

6. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves the resort town for the second time, and how do they disappoint him?

7. What is the bird chasing festival?

8. After delivering a note to Shimamura, what does Yoko ask of him concerning her travel plans?

9. What discussion does Shimamura overhear in the hallway?

10. What occupation did Yoko once consider, and why did she give it up?

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