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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) Eight years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Five years.

2. Why won't the Baron help Mameha?
(a) He has lost all his money.
(b) He's been arrested.
(c) He's no longer her danna.
(d) He wants to punish her.

3. 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.

4. Where has Nobu arranged to send Sayuri?
(a) To Mr. Tachibana's estate.
(b) To Mr. Arashino's estate.
(c) To the Chairman's estate.
(d) To the Baron's estate.

5. What does Mameha tell her maid to do with Chiyo when she sees her the first time after a long absence?
(a) Give her some proper shoes.
(b) Give her a bath.
(c) Fix her hair.
(d) Put her in a kimono.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sayuri compare herself to in explaining to Pumpkin the desperate situation she's in?

2. 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?

3. What does Pumpkin leave the okiya to get for Hatsumomo in chapter 20?

4. Who is Hatsumiyo?

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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