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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hatsumomo manage to show up at every party Mameha and Sayuri are at?
(a) She has bribed Mameha's maid to inform her of Mameha's schedule.
(b) She has bribed the maids in every teahouse to tell her when the two arrive.
(c) She has bribed Auntie to inform her of Sayuri's schedule.
(d) She has bribed Pumpkin to find out about Sayuri's nightly engagements.

2. What does Chiyo do at the end of chapter 13 that convinces Mameha that she is ready for her debut?
(a) She makes a delivery boy drop his tray just by looking at him.
(b) She makes a prominent man stop on the street to look at her.
(c) She catches the attention of every geisha she passes.
(d) She performs the tea ceremony perfectly all by herself.

3. What does Chiyo say regularly complicates the task of doing her chores?
(a) Her hunger.
(b) Sitting with Granny.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Her need to cry.

4. What is the pillow a geisha uses to protect her hairstyle filled with?
(a) Barley hulls.
(b) Rice.
(c) Wheat chaff.
(d) Barley.

5. In chapter 16, what does Mameha claim Hatsumomo's behavior proves?
(a) That she is evil.
(b) That she is sincere.
(c) That she is desperate.
(d) That she is cold-blooded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hatsumomo say Sayuri should say "Ah...ah..." at the beginning of chapter 15?

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 tsutsumi, okawa, and taiko?

4. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to show to men when she's filling their teacups?

5. How does Mameha say Sayuri can make a good impression on Nobu?

(see the answer key)

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