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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 spur.
(c) A whip.
(d) A pistol.

2. What color do Mameha and her maid agree that Chiyo's eyes are on their visit to pay their respects to Granny?
(a) Ink.
(b) Blue grey.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Grey.

3. What is a momoware?
(a) A type of peach.
(b) An apprentice geisha's hairstyle.
(c) A kind of kimono.
(d) A hairpin.

4. Who does Auntie say will end up in a jorou-ya if she ever gets what she deserves?
(a) Chiyo.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Hatsumomo.
(d) Pumpkin.

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

6. What did Awajiumi do for a living before he began working at the Gion Registry Office?
(a) He was a geisha dresser.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He was a sumo wrestler.
(d) He was a fish merchant.

7. What does the cook have in her hand when Mameha and Sayuri arrive at Mameha's former okiya?
(a) A plate.
(b) A knife.
(c) A fish.
(d) A kettle.

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

9. How does Hatsumomo paint her lips?
(a) She paints a pouty expression on the lower lip and the full shape of the upper lip.
(b) She paints just the lower lip.
(c) She paints a circle shape.
(d) She paints the full shape of both of the lips.

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

11. What does Mameha tell her maid to do with Chiyo when she sees her the first time after a long absence?
(a) Fix her hair.
(b) Give her some proper shoes.
(c) Put her in a kimono.
(d) Give her a bath.

12. In talking with Mother, what excuse does Chiyo make up for her presence in the entrance hall during Mameha's visit?
(a) She says she was trying to fold Hatsumomo's obi.
(b) She says she was trying to remove the dust from the altar.
(c) She says she was trying to bring tea to Auntie.
(d) She says she was trying to buff a scratch out of the floorboards.

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

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

15. What does Chiyo think she's seen in the maids' room when she returns to the okiya in chapter 7?
(a) Hatsumomo.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) A rat.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Around which year does the narrator say Chiyo arrives in Kyoto?

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

4. What does Kuniko say Taro is afraid of?

5. How does Hatsumomo manage to show up at every party Mameha and Sayuri are at?

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