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

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 weeks.
(b) A few months.
(c) A year.
(d) A few days.

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

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

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?
(a) The arrival of the military police at the Nitta okiya.
(b) The end of the tea rations.
(c) Korin's fire and subsequent job in the factory.
(d) The General's sudden death.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does Mameha tell her maid to do with Chiyo when she sees her the first time after a long absence?

5. Why won't the Baron help Mameha?

(see the answer key)

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