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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 is Komako's room like?
(a) The room is windowless.
(b) The room is messy.
(c) The room is bare.
(d) The room is neat.

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 losing her mind.
(d) That she was pregnant.

3. What does Komako say is the only accomplishment she has had since last seeing Shimamura?
(a) Quitting drinking.
(b) Quitting smoking.
(c) Earning her geisha licence.
(d) Writing a story.

4. What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her?
(a) To never come back to the resort town.
(b) To visit her on February fourteenth.
(c) To write her letters.
(d) To leave his wife.

5. What form of dance does Shimamura find interesting?
(a) Japanese traditional dance.
(b) African tribal dance.
(c) Western dances.
(d) Chinese dances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument are geisha heard playing by Shimamura and the old woman he meets?

2. Who does Shimamura think Komako would be a good companion for?

3. What does Shimamura's wife say he should take care of in her warning about the season?

4. What does Shimamura actually look at during his trip to the resort town?

5. Where did the food come from that the innkeeper's wife is warming?

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