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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hatsumomo make sure Pumpkin and Chiyo never do again?
(a) Laugh together.
(b) Talk to each other.
(c) Practice shamisen together.
(d) Do their chores together.

2. Which element does Chiyo's mother have too much of in her personality?
(a) Water.
(b) Earth.
(c) Wood.
(d) Fire.

3. What happens to a geisha who marries?
(a) She is disgraced.
(b) She no longer continues as a geisha.
(c) Nothing, since geisha cannot marry.
(d) They become legends.

4. What does Mother tell Chiyo that Granny spends her whole day doing?
(a) Thinking of ways to help Hatsumomo.
(b) Wasting time.
(c) Thinking of ways to hurt Hatsumomo.
(d) Daydreaming.

5. What does Chiyo keep doing when she bows on the street with Mameha that causes Mameha to pull her into an alley and show her the proper way of bowing?
(a) She keeps pressing her hands together the wrong way.
(b) She keeps bowing too deeply.
(c) She keeps stopping in place.
(d) She keeps making noises when she bows.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 16, what does Mameha tell Sayuri that Pumpkin has won?

2. At which teahouse does Chiyo's ceremony with Mameha take place?

3. In chapter 16, what does Mameha claim Hatsumomo's behavior proves?

4. What color do Mameha and her maid agree that Chiyo's eyes are on their visit to pay their respects to Granny?

5. Which element does Chiyo's father have too much of in his personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hatsumomo destroy Sayuri's debut in chapter 15?

2. How does Chiyo rationalize the visit with Mrs. Fidget, considering her hopes that Mr. Tanaka will adopt her and Satsu?

3. What is Mother's reaction to her conversation with Mameha in chapter 11?

4. How does Chiyo feel about Mr. Tanaka when she first meets him?

5. Explain the deal that Mother and Mameha enter into regarding Chiyo at the end of chapter 11.

6. What caused Nobu's injuries?

7. How does her meeting with the Chairman affect Chiyo?

8. What does Pumpkin reveal that Hatsumomo has said to Dr. Crab to ruin Sayuri's chances with him?

9. Why does Mameha refuse to tell Sayuri about her plan?

10. Why does Pumpkin decline to run away from the okiya with Chiyo?

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