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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Pumpkin leave the okiya to get for Hatsumomo in chapter 20?
2. In which city was Nobu injured?
3. What does Mameha say generous people don't do?
4. Who comes to get Chiyo and Satsu at the beginning of chapter 3?
5. What does Nobu say are the three most important things in life?
Short Essay Questions
1. Write a brief description of Chiyo's relationship with Auntie as shown in chapters 5 and 6.
2. How does Chiyo feel about Mr. Tanaka when she first meets him?
3. Explain how Satsu seems to be doing when Chiyo sees her in chapter 7.
4. What is "mizuage" and what does it have to do with Mameha's plan to help Sayuri succeed?
5. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to do when talking with Nobu, and why?
6. What does Pumpkin reveal that Hatsumomo has said to Dr. Crab to ruin Sayuri's chances with him?
7. Explain the mixed feelings Pumpkin seems to have on the event of her debut as an apprentice.
8. What does Mameha tell Chiyo at the beginning of chapter 12 to do in regards to Hatsumomo?
9. Explain the deal that Mother and Mameha enter into regarding Chiyo at the end of chapter 11.
10. How does Hatsumomo destroy Sayuri's debut in chapter 15?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
List several of the elements of style used by Arthur Golden throughout the novel and explain how they support the novel's major themes.
Essay Topic 2
Using at least three different examples, explain how beauty takes on varying forms throughout the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Recall chapter 22 in which Sayuri watches Mameha dance in "A Courtier Returns to His Wife" and Mother tells Sayuri she will be adopting her. At this point in the story, explain how the author touches on the topic of loss by depicting several of the characters dealing with their own losses by describing who has lost what and how each character copes.
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