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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sayuri do when Hatsumomo arrives at the Ichiriki and finds her entertaining the Chairman alone?
(a) She leaves immediately.
(b) She spends all her time talking about Nobu.
(c) She lets Hatsumomo do all the entertaining.
(d) She acts bored.

2. How does Hatsumomo manage to show up at every party Mameha and Sayuri are at?
(a) She has bribed Mameha's maid to inform her of Mameha's schedule.
(b) She has bribed Pumpkin to find out about Sayuri's nightly engagements.
(c) She has bribed the maids in every teahouse to tell her when the two arrive.
(d) She has bribed Auntie to inform her of Sayuri's schedule.

3. Who does Auntie say will end up in a jorou-ya if she ever gets what she deserves?
(a) Yoko.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Hatsumomo.
(d) Chiyo.

4. What does Mr. Tanaka write has happened to Satsu?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has fallen ill.
(c) She has come back to Yoroido.
(d) She has run off with Mr. Sugi's son.

5. What happens to a geisha who marries?
(a) She no longer continues as a geisha.
(b) She is disgraced.
(c) They become legends.
(d) Nothing, since geisha cannot marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mameha say Mother wants Chiyo to fail?

2. How does Sayuri say the young actor she met at the party died a few years after they met?

3. What does Sayuri think about while on the train on her way to Hakone?

4. What is mizuage?

5. Who is waiting at Mameha's apartment for Sayuri when she arrives at the end of chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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