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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which teahouse does Mameha entertain Dr. Crab at the end of chapter 20?
(a) At the Mizuki.
(b) At the Shirae.
(c) At the Ichiriki.
(d) At the Yashino.

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

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

4. How does Sayuri say the young actor she met at the party died a few years after they met?
(a) He died of drug overdose.
(b) He was killed by a waitress.
(c) He fell off a bridge in Gion.
(d) He killed himself with a sword.

5. What is the cause of Granny's death?
(a) A bee sting.
(b) A space heater.
(c) A bad fall.
(d) A fire.

6. What does Mameha say generous people don't do?
(a) Become teahouse owners.
(b) Become geisha.
(c) Become okiya owners.
(d) Become patrons of geisha.

7. What remark does the Chairman make about Sayuri's kimono?
(a) He thinks it suits Sayuri's skin tone perfectly.
(b) He remembers seeing it on Mameha.
(c) It reminds him of a sunset.
(d) He doesn't care much for the color.

8. What word does Nobu use to characterize geisha naming traditions?
(a) Esteemed.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Venerable.

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

10. Why does Mameha say Mother won't adopt Hatsumomo?
(a) Mother couldn't bear to transfer her power to Hatsumomo.
(b) Mother and Hatsumomo don't get along.
(c) Hatsumomo would probably find a way to do away with Mother.
(d) Hatsumomo would steal Mother's fortune.

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

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

13. What are ekubo?
(a) Incense sticks.
(b) Crab cakes.
(c) Sweet rice cakes.
(d) Chopsticks.

14. Whose graves does Chiyo see in the graveyard?
(a) Her neighbors' graves.
(b) Her father's first family's graves.
(c) Her siblings' graves.
(d) Her grandparents' graves.

15. Around which year does the narrator say Chiyo arrives in Kyoto?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sayuri do when Hatsumomo arrives at the Ichiriki and finds her entertaining the Chairman alone?

2. What does Pumpkin leave the okiya to get for Hatsumomo in chapter 20?

3. What does Pumpkin say she'd rather drink when Hatsumomo insists she drink a beer with her at the beginning of chapter 20?

4. What does Hatsumomo say her paulownia wood is for?

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

(see the answer keys)

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