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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 Hatsumomo make sure Pumpkin and Chiyo never do again?

2. What does Mameha tell her maid to do with Chiyo when she sees her the first time after a long absence?

3. What did Chiyo hide under the house's foundation that she finds again in chapter 9?

4. What does Sayuri say she felt happened to Chiyo?

5. What does Sayuri compare her encounter with the Chairman to at the beginning of chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Sayuri says in chapter 15 at the time of her debut about how she is beginning to feel about Hatsumomo's beauty.

2. What does Mameha tell Dr. Crab to make him doubt what Hatsumomo has told him?

3. What is Mother's reaction to her conversation with Mameha in chapter 11?

4. Why does Pumpkin decline to run away from the okiya with Chiyo?

5. What consequences do Chiyo's failed attempt to escape bear?

6. Explain the deal that Mother and Mameha enter into regarding Chiyo at the end of chapter 11.

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

8. What happens to change Dr. Crab's impression of Sayuri in chapter 19?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Arthur Golden uses symbols to further the plot in chapters 9 and 10 when Chiyo is trying to decide what to do with her future. Back up your description with several examples from the text, such as Chiyo's dream of the old man opening the window, the dead moth, the several wrapped packages, or Mameha's consultation of the almanac.

Essay Topic 2

Use a specific situation from the story to characterize the topic of exploitation as it recurs throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what a "plot device" is and describe how the Chairman can be considered a plot device, using specific details from the novel.

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