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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's boyfriend do for a living?
(a) He is a businessman.
(b) He is a construction worker.
(c) He is a cook at a noodle house.
(d) He is a photographer.

2. In chapter 16, what does Mameha claim Hatsumomo's behavior proves?
(a) That she is cold-blooded.
(b) That she is desperate.
(c) That she is sincere.
(d) That she is evil.

3. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A cherry blossom.
(c) A river.
(d) The ocean.

4. What does Pumpkin leave the okiya to get for Hatsumomo in chapter 20?
(a) Noodles.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) A shamisen.
(d) Hairpins she loaned to Korin.

5. What does Chiyo break by falling off the roof?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which element does Chiyo's mother have too much of in her personality?

2. What does Pumpkin say she'd rather drink when Hatsumomo insists she drink a beer with her at the beginning of chapter 20?

3. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?

4. What does Chiyo say regularly complicates the task of doing her chores?

5. Whose graves does Chiyo see in the graveyard?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the mixed feelings Pumpkin seems to have on the event of her debut as an apprentice.

3. What does Mameha tell Chiyo at the beginning of chapter 12 to do in regards to Hatsumomo?

4. What is Chiyo's first impression of Hatsumomo?

5. What caused Nobu's injuries?

6. Describe the momoware and its meaning.

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

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

9. Explain what Sayuri says in chapter 15 at the time of her debut about how she is beginning to feel about Hatsumomo's beauty.

10. Briefly explain the Chairman's relationship with Nobu.

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