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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sayuri jokingly tell the Minister that his piece of beef is?
(a) Dog meat.
(b) Elephant leather.
(c) Monkey meat.
(d) Cat leather.

3. What topic of conversation does Sayuri use at the beginning of chapter 25 to make an example of various geisha's talent for making conversation?
(a) Business.
(b) The weather.
(c) The cherry blossoms.
(d) The kimono.

4. Which of the following geisha was Dr. Crab not mizuage patron to?
(a) Mameha.
(b) Hatsumomo.
(c) Mamekichi.
(d) Korin.

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

6. What object springs to Sayuri's mind that makes her decide not to let the Chairman's handkerchief fly away at the sea cliffs?
(a) Nobu's piece of concrete.
(b) Her Noh mask.
(c) Her private journal.
(d) The mortuary tablets Mr. Tanaka had sent her.

7. Why won't the Baron help Mameha?
(a) He has lost all his money.
(b) He's no longer her danna.
(c) He's been arrested.
(d) He wants to punish her.

8. What does Sayuri learn from Yasuda Akira?
(a) How to ride a bicycle.
(b) Sexual encounters don't have to be unpleasant.
(c) Why Nobu is angry with her.
(d) Having a meal can be a graceful affair.

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

10. What does Dr. Crab leave for Sayuri as a gift?
(a) Her vial.
(b) A gold box.
(c) A jewel.
(d) Chinese herbs.

11. Who doesn't seem to be paying attention when Sayuri begins her story about stopping to cry by the Shirakawa Stream?
(a) Nobu.
(b) The Minister.
(c) The Chairman.
(d) Pumpkin.

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

13. Where does the Baron seduce Sayuri?
(a) In his garden.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In his entrance hall.
(d) In his dressing room.

14. Which of the geisha Sayuri knew dies in Tokyo during the war?
(a) Korin.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Raiha.
(d) Hatsumomo.

15. What is the Suruya?
(a) The inn where Sayuri meets the General.
(b) The teahouse where Sayuri meets the General.
(c) The teahouse where Nobu prefers to spend his evenings.
(d) The stream that runs through Gion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sayuri decide to go ahead with her plan about the Minister and Nobu?

2. Why does the Baron say he has invited Sayuri to the party?

3. What is the theme for the season's "Dances of the Old Capital"?

4. What does Sayuri's danna do for the okiya?

5. What does Sayuri say about her life since the Chairman became her danna?

(see the answer keys)

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