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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is Sayuri referring to when she states: "...there did finally come a time when even the pinpoint of light in which we'd managed to keep ourselves suddenly went out" in chapter 28?
(a) The arrival of the military police at the Nitta okiya.
(b) Korin's fire and subsequent job in the factory.
(c) The end of the tea rations.
(d) The General's sudden death.

2. Why does Mameha say Mother wants Chiyo to fail?
(a) Because Mother is partial to Hatsumomo.
(b) Because Mother has always been mean-spirited.
(c) Because Mother has never liked Chiyo.
(d) Because Mother will owe Mameha a lot of money if she does.

3. What did Chiyo hide under the house's foundation that she finds again in chapter 9?
(a) A moth.
(b) A coin.
(c) A hairpin.
(d) A tree branch.

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

5. At which teahouse does Chiyo's ceremony with Mameha take place?
(a) At the Kaiseki Teahouse.
(b) At the Ichiriki Teahouse.
(c) At the Ichikawa Teahouse.
(d) At the Kanzaki Teahouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Tsu?

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

3. How many geisha were invited to the Iwamura Electric party Sayuri had been disinvited to at the end of chapter 24?

4. What does Sayuri find in Hatsumomo's room while trying to retrieve her journal?

5. What is the cause of Granny's death?

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