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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the exchange system by which everyday things are bought and sold in Gion called in the novel?
(a) The black market.
(b) The red market.
(c) The housewives' market.
(d) The gray market.

2. After she learns that Mother will be adopting Pumpkin, how much time does Mameha say she and Sayuri have to ensure Sayuri's success?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A year.
(d) A few months.

3. Where is the ceremony performed that ties Pumpkin and Hatsumomo together as sisters?
(a) At the Gion Shrine.
(b) At the Nitta okiya.
(c) At the Mizuki Teahouse.
(d) By the Shirakawa Stream.

4. What is Sayuri wearing when she arrives at the Suruya Inn to visit the General after she hears that the geisha districts are to be closed?
(a) A military uniform.
(b) Peasant's clothing.
(c) One of Mameha's kimono.
(d) One of Mother's kimono.

5. What does Sayuri compare herself to in explaining to Pumpkin the desperate situation she's in?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A zucchini.
(c) An ant.
(d) A maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hatsumiyo?

2. What does Pumpkin say she'd rather drink when Hatsumomo insists she drink a beer with her at the beginning of chapter 20?

3. What is a momoware?

4. What does Chiyo keep doing when she bows on the street with Mameha that causes Mameha to pull her into an alley and show her the proper way of bowing?

5. What does Chiyo do at the end of chapter 13 that convinces Mameha that she is ready for her debut?

(see the answer key)

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