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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. Why doesn't Sayuri ask Mameha to help her entertain the Minister?
(a) Mameha isn't loud and funny.
(b) Mameha isn't working as a geisha anymore.
(c) She doesn't want to expose Mameha to a man like that.
(d) Mameha isn't good at making conversation.

2. From whom does Iwamura Electric secure a loan?
(a) Mitsubishi Bank.
(b) The Nitta okiya.
(c) Toyota Bank.
(d) Mitsuyaga Bank.

3. What is the exchange system by which everyday things are bought and sold in Gion called in the novel?
(a) The housewives' market.
(b) The red market.
(c) The black market.
(d) The gray market.

4. Where does Sayuri find herself as soon after seeing the Chairman open the door to the theater as she can remember anything?
(a) At the inn.
(b) At the Ichiriki.
(c) On the theater floor.
(d) Back in Kyoto.

5. What does Pumpkin say the Minister looks like?
(a) A big fish.
(b) A big horse.
(c) A big elephant.
(d) A big pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mameha tell Sayuri that the Kaburenjo Theater has been turned into?

2. Why does Sayuri decide to go ahead with her plan about the Minister and Nobu?

3. What does the apprentice Sayuri meets before her performance tell her about Nobu?

4. What has Sayuri written on the front page of her journal?

5. Who does Pumpkin remind Sayuri of when Sayuri realizes what Pumpkin has done?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sayuri watches Mameha dance at the performance of "Dances of the Old Capital"?

2. How does Sayuri come to the impression that the Chairman is in love with Pumpkin?

3. Explain why Sayuri needs to leave Gion after the Chairman becomes her danna and what arrangements are made for her to do so.

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

5. What does Sayuri realize in thinking about Satsu while living with the Arashinos?

6. What is the purpose of Nobu's visit to Sayuri at the Arashino estate?

7. Explain the disagreement Hatsumomo and Sayuri have about the brooch in chapter 27.

8. Describe Sayuri's first encounter with Pumpkin after her return to Gion following the end of the war.

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

10. What does Sayuri say happened to Korin and why does she mention the story in chapter 28?

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