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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 Kuniko say Taro is afraid of?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Earthworms.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Crabs.

2. Which element does Chiyo's mother have too much of in her personality?
(a) Wood.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Earth.

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

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

5. What did Awajiumi do for a living before he began working at the Gion Registry Office?
(a) He was a geisha dresser.
(b) He was a fish merchant.
(c) He was a sumo wrestler.
(d) He was a farmer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Chiyo think she's seen in the maids' room when she returns to the okiya in chapter 7?

4. What are "zori"?

5. Why does Chiyo say Hatsumomo is "like an empress" in the okiya?

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