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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sayuri do when Hatsumomo arrives at the Ichiriki and finds her entertaining the Chairman alone?
(a) She leaves immediately.
(b) She spends all her time talking about Nobu.
(c) She lets Hatsumomo do all the entertaining.
(d) She acts bored.

2. What does Chiyo first notice about Hatsumomo?
(a) Her cruelty.
(b) Her superstition.
(c) The small steps she takes when she walks.
(d) The beauty of her kimono.

3. Sayuri compares Hatsumomo's beauty to that of an object someone had shown her some years after the story took place. What was the object?
(a) A sword.
(b) A whip.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A spur.

4. What does Mother tell Chiyo that Granny spends her whole day doing?
(a) Wasting time.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Thinking of ways to help Hatsumomo.
(d) Thinking of ways to hurt Hatsumomo.

5. What does Hatsumomo say her paulownia wood is for?
(a) For tying her obi.
(b) For holding up her hair.
(c) For decorating her Noh mask.
(d) For drawing her eyebrows.

6. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?
(a) She can't sing.
(b) She can't read music.
(c) She doesn't have much of an ear.
(d) She has a hard time paying attention.

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

8. What is mizuage?
(a) An eel.
(b) A geisha's sexuality.
(c) A geisha's virginity.
(d) A cave.

9. How does Pumpkin react to Mameha's visit?
(a) She is eager to meet Mameha.
(b) She feels sorry for Chiyo because she thinks Chiyo is in trouble.
(c) She is angry because she knows Mameha is Hatsumomo's rival.
(d) She is the only one in the okiya not interested in Mameha's visit.

10. Who comes to get Chiyo and Satsu at the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) Mr. Tanaka.
(b) Mr. Tanaka's assistant.
(c) Mrs. Fidget.
(d) Their father.

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

12. Who does Sayuri first believe she sees with Nobu?
(a) Mr. Bekku.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Hatsumomo.
(d) Mr. Tanaka.

13. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?
(a) A river.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A cherry blossom.
(d) The ocean.

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

15. What color is the fabric used to create an apprentice geisha's hairstyle?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What are ekubo?

4. What does Nobu say are the three most important things in life?

5. At which teahouse does Chiyo's ceremony with Mameha take place?

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