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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sayuri realize she is when the American soldiers roll through her village?
(a) Different from other women.
(b) Ungrateful.
(c) Old.
(d) A peasant.

2. Why does Mameha say Hatsumomo is trying to make Pumpkin look good?
(a) She cares about Pumpkin's success.
(b) So that Mother will adopt her.
(c) It's a matter of her integrity as a geisha.
(d) To improve Hatsumomo's own reputation.

3. What happened the same month that Sayuri first met the Chairman?
(a) Nobu was injured in a bombing.
(b) Iwamura Electric recruited Nobu.
(c) The Chairman got married.
(d) Iwamura Electric celebrated its twentieth anniversary.

4. Why does Pumpkin say she brought the Chairman instead of Nobu to the theater?
(a) Sayuri had once taken something important from her when Mother adopted her.
(b) She was getting back at Sayuri for calling her Pumpkin.
(c) She had misunderstood Sayuri.
(d) Nobu had refused to go with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a geisha who marries?

2. What is Chiyo asked to deliver to Hatsumomo in chapter 7?

3. What does Arashino make?

4. What does the Baron make Mameha remove from its place in her apartment?

5. In talking with Mother, what excuse does Chiyo make up for her presence in the entrance hall during Mameha's visit?

(see the answer key)

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