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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 the Ichiriki and tell them she can't come back.
(b) Call Pumpkin and ask her to come help.
(c) Call Mameha and ask for her advice.
(d) Call Nobu and tell him he can't be her danna.

2. Why does Sayuri leave Gion after the Chairman becomes her danna?
(a) Since she reached the only goal she ever had, there's no reason to stay.
(b) Mother no longer wants her in the okiya.
(c) To avoid Nobu.
(d) Gion isn't what it once had been.

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

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

5. How much did Sayuri's mizuage finally sell for?
(a) 12,500 yen.
(b) 11,500 yen.
(c) 8,500 yen.
(d) 10,500 yen.

6. Whom does Sayuri say she's waiting for before she returns to Gion?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Mameha.
(c) Mother.
(d) The General.

7. 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.

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

9. What is the name of the dance Sayuri performs that moves the Chairman to tears?
(a) Lost Lovers.
(b) The Death of a Geisha.
(c) Autumn Leaves.
(d) Cruel Rain.

10. What does the Chairman present to the Baron as a gift?
(a) A gold sword.
(b) A gold box.
(c) A gold cane.
(d) A gold pipe.

11. Why does Pumpkin say she brought the Chairman instead of Nobu to the theater?
(a) She was getting back at Sayuri for calling her Pumpkin.
(b) Sayuri had once taken something important from her when Mother adopted her.
(c) She had misunderstood Sayuri.
(d) Nobu had refused to go with her.

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

13. What does Pumpkin say the Minister looks like?
(a) A big fish.
(b) A big elephant.
(c) A big pig.
(d) A big horse.

14. What emotion does Sayuri say she felt along with worry, fear, and disgust while she was carrying out her plan with the Minister?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Passion.
(c) Grief.
(d) Elation.

15. What does Sayuri notice about the Chairman during the many weeks of entertaining the Minister?
(a) He doesn't look exactly the way she remembered him.
(b) He isn't as kind as she thought.
(c) He isn't as good of friends with Nobu as she thought.
(d) He hides his emotions so that no one can tell what he's feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Nobu invite Sayuri in to the teahouse at the end of chapter 26?

2. What made-up story does Nobu tell when it's his turn to play "Big Liar"?

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 is the Suruya?

5. What has Sayuri written on the front page of her journal?

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