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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Pages 65 - 87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Komako make a list of?
(a) Animals she likes.
(b) Places she likes.
(c) Books she likes.
(d) Men she likes.

2. In Part One, what does Shimamura discover one morning when he awakes?
(a) Komako is still in his room.
(b) A bird is in his room.
(c) His belongings have been stolen.
(d) He has missed the train to Tokyo.

3. After they sleep together, what does Komako believe Shimamura is laughing at?
(a) The radio.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) Komako.

4. Before she stumbles into Shimamura's room, who has Komako spent the evening with?
(a) A lover.
(b) Her friends.
(c) A patron.
(d) Some travelers.

5. What does Komako intend to do with her diary before she dies?
(a) Give it to her children.
(b) Bury it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Donate it to a museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like outside the night before Shimamura is to return to Tokyo?

2. Who saw Komako off when she left for geisha training?

3. Who tells Shimamura about the unlicensed geisha, Komako?

4. Where was Komako sent to become a geisha?

5. What can the old woman that Shimamura meets in the latter half of Part One of the book tell about him from his physique?

(see the answer key)

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