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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 Sayuri present to Mameha as a gift?
(a) A beautiful calligraphy.
(b) Her dancing fans.
(c) An ink painting.
(d) Her collection of kimono.

2. Why doesn't Nobu invite Sayuri in to the teahouse at the end of chapter 26?
(a) He doesn't want to waste her time.
(b) He doesn't like to have things held before him that he can't have.
(c) He already has company.
(d) He regrets that the Chairman won't be there.

3. How does Sayuri's party travel to their weekend destination?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) By car.
(d) By plane.

4. Which of the following geisha was Dr. Crab not mizuage patron to?
(a) Korin.
(b) Mameha.
(c) Mamekichi.
(d) Hatsumomo.

5. What does Sayuri think about while on the train on her way to Hakone?
(a) Nobu.
(b) Her train trip with Mr. Bekku.
(c) Her future.
(d) The Chairman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mother tell Sayuri she'll be going for the weekend?

2. Where does Sayuri find herself as soon after seeing the Chairman open the door to the theater as she can remember anything?

3. What is Sayuri wearing when she arrives at the Suruya Inn to visit the General after she hears that the geisha districts are to be closed?

4. Who passes out the tips after the geisha party at the beginning of chapter 25?

5. What does Sayuri learn from Yasuda Akira?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes Sayuri to begin talking to Dr. Crab about taking her clothes off?

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

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

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

6. What does Sayuri realize regarding Nobu and the Chairman at the end of chapter 24, and how does she find out?

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

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

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

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

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