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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. What does Chiyo first notice about Hatsumomo?
(a) Her superstition.
(b) Her cruelty.
(c) The beauty of her kimono.
(d) The small steps she takes when she walks.

2. Why does Chiyo say Hatsumomo is "like an empress" in the okiya?
(a) She earns the income for the whole house.
(b) She is the most beautiful woman in the house.
(c) She has the most power.
(d) She is a tyrant.

3. What does Chiyo think she's seen in the maids' room when she returns to the okiya in chapter 7?
(a) A rat.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) A cat.
(d) Hatsumomo.

4. What are "zori"?
(a) Boats.
(b) Fish.
(c) Pants.
(d) Shoes.

5. What does Mother tell Chiyo that Granny spends her whole day doing?
(a) Wasting time.
(b) Thinking of ways to hurt Hatsumomo.
(c) Thinking of ways to help Hatsumomo.
(d) Daydreaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chiyo break by falling off the roof?

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

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

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

5. What did Chiyo hide under the house's foundation that she finds again in chapter 9?

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