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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose graves does Chiyo see in the graveyard?
(a) Her father's first family's graves.
(b) Her grandparents' graves.
(c) Her siblings' graves.
(d) Her neighbors' graves.

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

3. How much does Mother first offer Mameha on top of her usual fee for her services of being an older sister if Chiyo pays off her debts by twenty?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

4. Around which year does the narrator say Chiyo arrives in Kyoto?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1940.

5. Who does Auntie say will end up in a jorou-ya if she ever gets what she deserves?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Hatsumomo.
(d) Chiyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 12 what does the narrator say she did NOT study?

2. What color do Mameha and her maid agree that Chiyo's eyes are on their visit to pay their respects to Granny?

3. What are "zori"?

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

5. Why does Mameha say Mother wants Chiyo to fail?

(see the answer key)

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