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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. How does Komako feel reading some of the things she has written in her diary?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Amused.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Ashamed.

2. What does Komako tell Shimamura had worried her for a time?
(a) That she would have to leave the resort town.
(b) That her mother hated her.
(c) That she was pregnant.
(d) That she was losing her mind.

3. How does Shimamura feel as he descends the mountain?
(a) He is stressed.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is out of control.
(d) He is worried.

4. Who runs up to Komako at the train station?
(a) The train conductor.
(b) The music teacher.
(c) Yoko.
(d) A beggar.

5. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves to go back to Tokyo at the end of Part One?
(a) A middle-aged man and a young woman.
(b) A young man in a western-style suit.
(c) An elderly woman carrying parcels of food.
(d) A mother and her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he has climbed up the mountain for fun, how does Shimamura descend again?

2. What is Shimamura wearing outside?

3. What is the weather like outside on the night of Komako's visit to Shimamura's room?

4. What does Komako do for a living?

5. What does Komako find strange that Shimamura hadn't mentioned?

(see the answer key)

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