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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Nobu arranged to send Sayuri?
(a) To the Chairman's estate.
(b) To Mr. Arashino's estate.
(c) To Mr. Tachibana's estate.
(d) To the Baron's estate.

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

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

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

5. Hatsumomo shows Mother and Sayuri her bowl and jokes that her food looks like Nobu's blistered skin. What is she eating?
(a) Dried peaches.
(b) A bowl of noodles.
(c) Mashed plums.
(d) Rice and red beans.

6. What does Sayuri's danna do for the okiya?
(a) He arranges for medical care and scarce everyday items.
(b) He pays for the okiya to be renovated.
(c) He gets tickets to all the dance recitals in Gion.
(d) He arranges for regular vacations for Mother and Auntie.

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

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

9. What is wrong with the vial belonging to Dr. Crab with Sayuri's name on it?
(a) "Sayu" is spelled using the wrong character.
(b) "Sa" is spelled using the wrong character.
(c) "Ri" is spelled using the wrong character.
(d) "Yu" is spelled using the wrong character.

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

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

12. What has Sayuri written on the front page of her journal?
(a) "I hate Hatsumomo".
(b) "Sayuri".
(c) "Private".
(d) "Nitta okiya".

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

14. Why does the Baron say he has invited Sayuri to the party?
(a) To get even with Mameha.
(b) So that all the men would have a chance to look at her.
(c) So that all his friends could take pictures with her.
(d) So that Sayuri would finally have a chance to see something other than Gion.

15. What do Sayuri and Nobu stop to look at on the way to the restroom in chapter 21?
(a) The cherry blossoms.
(b) Antiques.
(c) The Baron's kimono collection.
(d) The pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Pumpkin present the evening that Sayuri's dance moves the Chairman to tears?

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

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

4. What does Arashino make?

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

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