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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 is mizuage?
(a) An eel.
(b) A geisha's sexuality.
(c) A cave.
(d) A geisha's virginity.

2. What remark does the Chairman make about Sayuri's kimono?
(a) It reminds him of a sunset.
(b) He doesn't care much for the color.
(c) He thinks it suits Sayuri's skin tone perfectly.
(d) He remembers seeing it on Mameha.

3. How does Sayuri say the young actor she met at the party died a few years after they met?
(a) He fell off a bridge in Gion.
(b) He was killed by a waitress.
(c) He died of drug overdose.
(d) He killed himself with a sword.

4. Why does Mameha say Hatsumomo is trying to make Pumpkin look good?
(a) It's a matter of her integrity as a geisha.
(b) She cares about Pumpkin's success.
(c) So that Mother will adopt her.
(d) To improve Hatsumomo's own reputation.

5. What does Kuniko say Taro is afraid of?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Earthworms.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Crabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?

3. What does Uchida Kosaburo do for a living?

4. How much does Mother first offer Mameha on top of her usual fee for her services of being an older sister if Chiyo pays off her debts by twenty?

5. What are tsutsumi, okawa, and taiko?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the story of Mameha's kimono in chapter 6.

3. Explain how Satsu seems to be doing when Chiyo sees her in chapter 7.

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

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

6. What caused Nobu's injuries?

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

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

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

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

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