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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Pages 139 - 172.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Saichiro?
(a) The town doctor.
(b) A guest at the inn.
(c) Yoko's brother.
(d) Komako's patron.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her?

2. Who says Komako is "a good girl"?

3. After they sleep together, what does Komako believe Shimamura is laughing at?

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

5. How are Komako's skills described to Shimamura?

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