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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 say the Minister looks like?
2. Why isn't Pumpkin present the evening that Sayuri's dance moves the Chairman to tears?
3. Where does the Baron seduce Sayuri?
4. Who does Sayuri begin to think about during her time with the Arashinos and realize she may never see again?
5. What does Sayuri notice about the Chairman during the many weeks of entertaining the Minister?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sayuri say at the end of the novel about how passion fades?
2. How does the rumor get started that Hatsumomo has been declared mentally unstable?
3. Explain how Sayuri finds herself in a difficult situation when Mameha comes to the okiya to collect on her bet with Mother.
4. Why doesn't Sayuri stop the Baron from undressing her at the end of chapter 22?
5. What does Sayuri realize she can do to keep Nobu out of her life forever?
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 Sayuri realize in thinking about Satsu while living with the Arashinos?
8. What do Sayuri and Nobu discuss when they see each other again after so many years in chapter 28?
9. How does Sayuri come to the impression that the Chairman is in love with Pumpkin?
10. What stories does Sayuri tell when it's her turn to play "Big Liar"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the wide range of thoughts and emotions Chiyo faces when finds out that Mr. Tanaka isn't planning to adopt her and her sister and explain how these emotions recur throughout the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Using at least three different examples, explain how beauty takes on varying forms throughout the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Recalling Nobu's explanation of what the sumo wrestlers were doing in chapter 17 and how it gave Mameha a good idea on how to destroy Hatsumomo, describe the parallels between sumo and the strategic thought necessary to be successful in life as a geisha.
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