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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hatsumomo paint her lips?
(a) She paints a pouty expression on the lower lip and the full shape of the upper lip.
(b) She paints a circle shape.
(c) She paints just the lower lip.
(d) She paints the full shape of both of the lips.

2. Why does Mother say Chiyo should be punished for ruining Mameha's kimono?
(a) Chiyo was holding the brush.
(b) Chiyo has hated Hatsumomo from the beginning and must have thought the kimono was hers.
(c) They can't very well punish Hatsumomo.
(d) Ruining the kimono was Chiyo's idea.

3. What does Hatsumomo's boyfriend do for a living?
(a) He is a construction worker.
(b) He is a businessman.
(c) He is a photographer.
(d) He is a cook at a noodle house.

4. What did Chiyo hide under the house's foundation that she finds again in chapter 9?
(a) A coin.
(b) A hairpin.
(c) A moth.
(d) A tree branch.

5. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?
(a) She can't sing.
(b) She has a hard time paying attention.
(c) She doesn't have much of an ear.
(d) She can't read music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?

2. Who does Chiyo believe she hears saying her name in their sleep in chapter 8?

3. What does Mr. Tanaka write has happened to Satsu?

4. Around which year does the narrator say Chiyo arrives in Kyoto?

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

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