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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Sayuri saw Nobu when the geisha districts are about to be closed down?
(a) Four years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

2. Who is Hatsumiyo?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Hatsumomo's biological sister.
(c) Mameha's older sister.
(d) Mother's biological daughter.

3. What does Chiyo do at the end of chapter 13 that convinces Mameha that she is ready for her debut?
(a) She catches the attention of every geisha she passes.
(b) She makes a delivery boy drop his tray just by looking at him.
(c) She performs the tea ceremony perfectly all by herself.
(d) She makes a prominent man stop on the street to look at her.

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) One of Mameha's kimono.
(b) Peasant's clothing.
(c) A military uniform.
(d) One of Mother's kimono.

5. What does Pumpkin leave the okiya to get for Hatsumomo in chapter 20?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Hairpins she loaned to Korin.
(c) Noodles.
(d) A shamisen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't the Baron help Mameha?

2. Where is the ceremony performed that ties Pumpkin and Hatsumomo together as sisters?

3. What is a momoware?

4. Which teahouse does Mameha entertain Dr. Crab at the end of chapter 20?

5. What event is Sayuri referring to when she states: "...there did finally come a time when even the pinpoint of light in which we'd managed to keep ourselves suddenly went out" in chapter 28?

(see the answer key)

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