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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hatsumomo make sure Pumpkin and Chiyo never do again?
(a) Laugh together.
(b) Practice shamisen together.
(c) Do their chores together.
(d) Talk to each other.

2. Which of the geisha Sayuri knew dies in Tokyo during the war?
(a) Raiha.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Korin.
(d) Hatsumomo.

3. Hatsumomo shows Mother and Sayuri her bowl and jokes that her food looks like Nobu's blistered skin. What is she eating?
(a) A bowl of noodles.
(b) Dried peaches.
(c) Mashed plums.
(d) Rice and red beans.

4. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A cherry blossom.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A river.

5. What gift does Nobu present to Sayuri?
(a) A pair of chopsticks.
(b) A hair ornament.
(c) A decorative sake cup.
(d) A silk obi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the vial belonging to Dr. Crab with Sayuri's name on it?

2. Sayuri compares Hatsumomo's beauty to that of an object someone had shown her some years after the story took place. What was the object?

3. Who is Etsuko?

4. Why does Mother suggest that Sayuri and Hatsumomo change rooms?

5. What does Chiyo say regularly complicates the task of doing her chores?

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