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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Sayuri ask Mameha to help her entertain the Minister?
(a) Mameha isn't working as a geisha anymore.
(b) She doesn't want to expose Mameha to a man like that.
(c) Mameha isn't good at making conversation.
(d) Mameha isn't loud and funny.

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

3. How does Mameha react to the news that Mother will be adopting Sayuri?
(a) She is thrilled.
(b) She is pleased but reserved.
(c) She is surprisingly angry.
(d) She is afraid of what Hatsumomo will do now.

4. What does Sayuri tell the Chairman he should do during their brief encounter in chapter 26?
(a) He should be nicer to the apprentice geisha.
(b) He should be careful not to drink so much.
(c) He should invite her to entertain at a party.
(d) He should arrange for her to see Nobu.

5. Where does Sayuri say she and the Chairman spend a few days before continuing on to New York?
(a) In Singapore.
(b) In France.
(c) On Fiji.
(d) On Hawaii.

6. Why isn't Pumpkin present the evening that Sayuri's dance moves the Chairman to tears?
(a) She's tired.
(b) She's ill.
(c) She has other engagements.
(d) Nobu asked her not to come.

7. Who does Pumpkin remind Sayuri of when Sayuri realizes what Pumpkin has done?
(a) A demon.
(b) Hatsumomo.
(c) Korin.
(d) Mother.

8. From whom does Iwamura Electric secure a loan?
(a) Mitsubishi Bank.
(b) The Nitta okiya.
(c) Mitsuyaga Bank.
(d) Toyota Bank.

9. What is Sayuri's primary job at the Arashinos?
(a) Gathering roots.
(b) Dying fabrics.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Cooking.

10. What does Mameha say will happen to Sayuri when the bidding for her mizuage goes high?
(a) Sayuri will become famous.
(b) Things will start to happen.
(c) Mother will start to contend for her favor.
(d) Hatsumomo will become very jealous.

11. Where does Mother tell Sayuri she'll be going for the weekend?
(a) To Hokkaido.
(b) To Okinawa.
(c) To Osaka.
(d) To Amami Island.

12. How many years have passed since the Chairman told Sayuri about his feelings by the end of the narration?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Ten.

13. What does Sayuri think about while on the train on her way to Hakone?
(a) Her train trip with Mr. Bekku.
(b) The Chairman.
(c) Her future.
(d) Nobu.

14. Where is the Baron's party next week going to be?
(a) In Hakone.
(b) In Kyoto.
(c) At the Ichiriki.
(d) In Gion.

15. What does Sayuri present to Mameha as a gift?
(a) A beautiful calligraphy.
(b) An ink painting.
(c) Her collection of kimono.
(d) Her dancing fans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sayuri and Nobu drink together after the Minister has left on the evening the Minister proposed himself as Sayuri's danna?

2. Who passes out the tips after the geisha party at the beginning of chapter 25?

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

4. What event is Sayuri referring to when she states: "...there did finally come a time when even the pinpoint of light in which we'd managed to keep ourselves suddenly went out" in chapter 28?

5. Who is Etsuko?

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