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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Pages 38 - 65.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Yukio?
(a) Thirty-six.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Thirty.

2. What do Shimamura and Komako talk about?
(a) The hot springs.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Books.
(d) The train.

3. How are Komako's skills described to Shimamura?
(a) As unrefined.
(b) As the best in town.
(c) As well-practiced.
(d) As not amateur.

4. What can the old woman that Shimamura meets in the latter half of Part One of the book tell about him from his physique?
(a) That he works hard.
(b) That he has a weak back.
(c) That he is a father.
(d) That he does not drink.

5. What is the temperature in snow country?
(a) Minus twenty degrees.
(b) Ten degrees.
(c) Below zero.
(d) Unseasonably warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In reference to the night they spent together, what does Shimamura assure Komako of?

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

3. What is Komako's room like?

4. What is the name of the mountain range that surrounds the resort town?

5. What does Komako refuse to close one day when she is staying at the inn with Shimamura?

(see the answer key)

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