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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 compare herself to in explaining to Pumpkin the desperate situation she's in?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A zucchini.
(c) A maid.
(d) An ant.

2. What does the bank director keep telling Mameha and Sayuri to do while they are in the hot springs?
(a) Fetch a pebble or a twig from the woods at the edge of the springs.
(b) Stand up so their top halves are exposed.
(c) Take their kimono off.
(d) Do a little dance in the water.

3. Where does Chiyo go after eating her shaved ice in chapter 9?
(a) To the stone wall.
(b) To the Gion shrine.
(c) To the school.
(d) To the okiya.

4. What are tsutsumi, okawa, and taiko?
(a) Kinds of songs.
(b) Kinds of drums.
(c) Kinds of dances.
(d) Kinds of stringed instruments.

5. Who repeatedly invites Sayuri to the Ichiriki Teahouse to entertain in chapter 19?
(a) Hatsumomo.
(b) Iwamura Electric.
(c) Nobu.
(d) The Chairman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mother tell Sayuri she'll be going for the weekend?

2. What object springs to Sayuri's mind that makes her decide not to let the Chairman's handkerchief fly away at the sea cliffs?

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

4. Why does Mameha say Mother won't adopt Hatsumomo?

5. Which of the following geisha was Dr. Crab not mizuage patron to?

(see the answer key)

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