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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What's wrong with the kimono Mameha wants Sayuri to put on near the beginning of chapter 18?
(a) It's too small.
(b) It's torn.
(c) It has ink spilled on it.
(d) It's faded.

3. What does Dr. Crab accuse Mameha and Sayuri of doing?
(a) Misleading him.
(b) Leading him on.
(c) Taking advantage of him.
(d) Exploiting him.

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

5. Why is Sayuri worried that Mameha wants Nobu to become her danna?
(a) She doesn't think she will ever have sufficient status to have a man like Nobu as a danna.
(b) She is worried what Hatsumomo will think.
(c) She can't stand to look at his face.
(d) It would ruin her chances of any relationship with the Chairman.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to show to men when she's filling their teacups?
(a) Her arm.
(b) More charm.
(c) The nape of her neck.
(d) More respect.

12. What does Pumpkin say she'd rather drink when Hatsumomo insists she drink a beer with her at the beginning of chapter 20?
(a) Tea.
(b) Urine.
(c) Spit.
(d) Sake.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are ekubo?

2. What remark does the Chairman make about Sayuri's kimono?

3. What color do Mameha and her maid agree that Chiyo's eyes are on their visit to pay their respects to Granny?

4. What does Hatsumomo's boyfriend do for a living?

5. Why does Chiyo say Hatsumomo is "like an empress" in the okiya?

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