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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 excuse does Mameha make up for her visit?
(a) She says she wanted to see if the okiya was still having trouble with Chiyo.
(b) She says she was wondering about Chiyo's health.
(c) She says she came by to pay her respects to Mother after the loss of Granny.
(d) She says she forgot something the last time she visited.

2. What does Uchida Kosaburo do for a living?
(a) He's a choreographer.
(b) He's an artist.
(c) He's a calligrapher.
(d) He's a poet.

3. Where is the ceremony performed that ties Pumpkin and Hatsumomo together as sisters?
(a) By the Shirakawa Stream.
(b) At the Mizuki Teahouse.
(c) At the Nitta okiya.
(d) At the Gion Shrine.

4. What does Sayuri compare herself to in explaining to Pumpkin the desperate situation she's in?
(a) A zucchini.
(b) An ant.
(c) A cockroach.
(d) A maid.

5. What does Chiyo think she's seen in the maids' room when she returns to the okiya in chapter 7?
(a) A cat.
(b) A rat.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Hatsumomo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chiyo asked to deliver to Hatsumomo in chapter 7?

2. What is a momoware?

3. What does Sayuri say she felt happened to Chiyo?

4. What does Chiyo break by falling off the roof?

5. What are ekubo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Mameha spends her time doing with Chiyo in chapter 13 and why.

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

3. What caused Nobu's injuries?

4. What does Chiyo infer that Mameha is planning to do in regards to Hatsumomo, based on the conversation they have at Mameha's apartment in chapter 10?

5. Write a brief description of Chiyo's relationship with Auntie as shown in chapters 5 and 6.

6. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to do when talking with Nobu, and why?

7. What does Chiyo, as narrator, say about the art of arranging flowers in chapter 12?

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

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

10. Explain how Sayuri gets her new name.

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