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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. Who designed the gardens at the Baron's estate?
(a) The Baron's grandfather.
(b) The Baron.
(c) The Baron's father.
(d) Arashino.

2. What topic of conversation does Sayuri use at the beginning of chapter 25 to make an example of various geisha's talent for making conversation?
(a) The kimono.
(b) Business.
(c) The cherry blossoms.
(d) The weather.

3. What is the Suruya?
(a) The teahouse where Nobu prefers to spend his evenings.
(b) The stream that runs through Gion.
(c) The teahouse where Sayuri meets the General.
(d) The inn where Sayuri meets the General.

4. What does Arashino make?
(a) Rice cakes.
(b) Tea assortments.
(c) Hair ornaments.
(d) Kimono.

5. Who does Sayuri begin to think about during her time with the Arashinos and realize she may never see again?
(a) Mameha.
(b) The General.
(c) Mr. Tanaka.
(d) Satsu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sayuri do during her costume change in chapter 23?

2. Who does the Chairman say has left him alone at the Ichiriki?

3. What language does Pumpkin claim the fish spoke in her story at the Ichiriki?

4. Where has Nobu arranged to send Sayuri?

5. How long does it take Auntie to respond to Sayuri's letter to Mother after Nobu's visit to the Arashino estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the rumor get started that Hatsumomo has been declared mentally unstable?

2. What is Sayuri's impression of Pumpkin when she arrives at the Ichiriki to help entertain the Minister?

3. Why doesn't Nobu like the Baron?

4. What do Sayuri and Nobu discuss when they see each other again after so many years in chapter 28?

5. How does Mother deal with Hatsumomo's rage when the latter finds out that Mother won't be adopting Pumpkin?

6. Describe Sayuri's encounter with Yasuda Akira and what she learns from it.

7. Describe how Sayuri feels about the act of seducing the Minister.

8. What does the Minister do that so angers Nobu at the end of chapter 32?

9. What does Sayuri spend her time doing during her first week back in Gion after her years with the Arashinos?

10. What reason does Pumpkin give for having betrayed Sayuri?

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