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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Pages 108 - 139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shimamura say he often loses with himself?
(a) Patience.
(b) Respect.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Confidence.

2. Where does Shimamura learn that Yoko is working?
(a) At the inn.
(b) At a geisha house.
(c) At the candy shop.
(d) At the hospital.

3. What obstacle can the drunken Komako not believe she surpassed on her own to reach Shimamura's room?
(a) A locked gate.
(b) A rickety bridge.
(c) The hill to the inn.
(d) The dark hallway.

4. What does Komako say her diary can confirm?
(a) The promises Shimamura made her on his last visit.
(b) The date of her night with Shimamura.
(c) What the weather has been like any day of the last year.
(d) How much money she has made working as a geisha.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Komako say she will not do with Shimamura again?

2. What reason does the old woman give for Komako having become a geisha?

3. What does Shimamura note that he didn't do while he was away from the resort town?

4. Who does Shimamura ask to hire a geisha for him?

5. What does Yukio's mother do for a living?

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