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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sayuri ask Auntie to do when she goes back to the okiya to get Nobu's piece of concrete?
(a) Call Pumpkin and ask her to come help.
(b) Call Mameha and ask for her advice.
(c) Call Nobu and tell him he can't be her danna.
(d) Call the Ichiriki and tell them she can't come back.

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

3. How long does it take Auntie to respond to Sayuri's letter to Mother after Nobu's visit to the Arashino estate?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Five days.

4. Why does Sayuri say she believes the Chairman has come to the Ichiriki after the incident with the Chairman?
(a) She thinks Nobu has sent the Chairman to talk to her.
(b) She thinks Nobu must have started a fight with the Minister.
(c) She thinks he is going to tell her something has happened to Nobu.
(d) She thinks the Chairman is going to tell her how foolish she's been.

5. What is the exchange system by which everyday things are bought and sold in Gion called in the novel?
(a) The housewives' market.
(b) The gray market.
(c) The black market.
(d) The red market.

6. What does Sayuri say about her life since the Chairman became her danna?
(a) Her life has become isolated.
(b) Her life has become richer.
(c) Her life has become pleasant.
(d) Her life has become monotonous.

7. What kind of General is the General Junnosuke?
(a) A ruthless General.
(b) A high ranked General.
(c) A low ranked General.
(d) A Korean General.

8. Who is Etsuko?
(a) Pumpkin's new little sister.
(b) Mameha's new maid.
(c) Sayuri's new little sister.
(d) The new maid at the Nitta okiya.

9. Why does Mameha say she's arrived late the evening she and Pumpkin arrive to find the Chairman and Sayuri alone at the Ichiriki?
(a) Her maid had been misbehaving.
(b) A water pipe broke in her apartment.
(c) Her dresser was late.
(d) She was stuck on a train.

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

11. How does Sayuri's party travel to their weekend destination?
(a) By plane.
(b) By boat.
(c) By train.
(d) By car.

12. Who is Mr. Tsu?
(a) Nobu.
(b) Hatsumomo's new assistant.
(c) Mameha's new danna.
(d) Sayuri's new dresser.

13. What does Sayuri say she tucked in to her obi that morning just in case she decided to go through with her plan?
(a) A letter for the Minister asking him to meet her in the village.
(b) Money to pay Pumpkin for her favor.
(c) A letter of apology to Nobu.
(d) Rice paper.

14. At the end of chapter 23, how long does Mother say she has been talking to Sayuri about adoption?
(a) Several years.
(b) A month.
(c) A year.
(d) Several months.

15. How many geisha were invited to the Iwamura Electric party Sayuri had been disinvited to at the end of chapter 24?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Sayuri that everything is fine after the Baron has misused her?

2. From whom does Iwamura Electric secure a loan?

3. Why does Mameha suggest Sayuri wishes she could be like the geisha Shizue?

4. Whom does Sayuri say she's waiting for before she returns to Gion?

5. What language does Pumpkin claim the fish spoke in her story at the Ichiriki?

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