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

2. How does Hatsumomo paint her lips?
(a) She paints just the lower lip.
(b) She paints a pouty expression on the lower lip and the full shape of the upper lip.
(c) She paints a circle shape.
(d) She paints the full shape of both of the lips.

3. What does the Baron make Mameha remove from its place in her apartment?
(a) A poem by Matsudaira Koichi.
(b) Her dressing mirror.
(c) A painting of a landscape.
(d) A rare ceramic vase.

4. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?
(a) She can't read music.
(b) She has a hard time paying attention.
(c) She can't sing.
(d) She doesn't have much of an ear.

5. What are ekubo?
(a) Crab cakes.
(b) Sweet rice cakes.
(c) Incense sticks.
(d) Chopsticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hataki komi?

2. How does Pumpkin react to Mameha's visit?

3. Why does Mameha say Mother wants Chiyo to fail?

4. How does Mameha tell Sayuri to act when she meets the Doctor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the momoware and its meaning.

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

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

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

5. What does Mameha tell Dr. Crab to make him doubt what Hatsumomo has told him?

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

9. 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?

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

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