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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mameha say Mother wants Chiyo to fail?
(a) Because Mother will owe Mameha a lot of money if she does.
(b) Because Mother has never liked Chiyo.
(c) Because Mother has always been mean-spirited.
(d) Because Mother is partial to Hatsumomo.

2. Who does Chiyo believe she hears saying her name in their sleep in chapter 8?
(a) Hatsumomo.
(b) Mother's dog.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mother.

3. Why doesn't Sayuri ask Mameha to help her entertain the Minister?
(a) Mameha isn't good at making conversation.
(b) Mameha isn't loud and funny.
(c) Mameha isn't working as a geisha anymore.
(d) She doesn't want to expose Mameha to a man like that.

4. Why does Mother suggest that Sayuri and Hatsumomo change rooms?
(a) Sayuri has so many kimono that she needs the extra space.
(b) Hatsumomo's behavior makes Mother so angry that she thinks it's time for a change.
(c) Sayuri has earned more money than Hatsumomo and Pumpkin combined.
(d) Sayuri is now the daughter of the okiya and so she is more important.

5. What does Sayuri say women in New York think she is?
(a) A war hero.
(b) Chinese.
(c) A simpleton.
(d) A prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mameha say Mother won't adopt Hatsumomo?

2. Which of the geisha Sayuri knew dies in Tokyo during the war?

3. What remark does the Chairman make about Sayuri's kimono?

4. Who comes to get Chiyo and Satsu at the beginning of chapter 3?

5. What does Sayuri do when Hatsumomo arrives at the Ichiriki and finds her entertaining the Chairman alone?

(see the answer key)

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