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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much snow is expected when Shimamura arrives in snow country?
(a) One or two feet.
(b) Four or five inches.
(c) Seven or eight feet.
(d) None.

2. What does Shimamura say left him at the sight of the young geisha?
(a) His strength.
(b) His courage.
(c) His honor.
(d) His determination.

3. When Shimamura comes back to the resort town for a second time, how many days does Komako say it has been since she and Shimamura were last together?
(a) Ninety days.
(b) Thirty days.
(c) Three-hundred and seven days.
(d) One hundred and ninety-nine days.

4. What does Shimamura say he let himself believe about the young geisha?
(a) That they would be approving of him.
(b) That they hate their jobs.
(c) That they would all be like Komako.
(d) That they are better than other women.

5. After they sleep together, what does Komako believe Shimamura is laughing at?
(a) His wife.
(b) Himself.
(c) Komako.
(d) The radio.

6. Before she stumbles into Shimamura's room, who has Komako spent the evening with?
(a) Her friends.
(b) A lover.
(c) A patron.
(d) Some travelers.

7. When he feels cold, what does Shimamura decide to do?
(a) Get into bed.
(b) Put on a sweater.
(c) Burn some coal.
(d) Take a bath.

8. What disease does Yukio, the music teacher's son, suffer from?
(a) Intestinal tuberculosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Spanish Influenza.
(d) Small pox.

9. What instrument are geisha heard playing by Shimamura and the old woman he meets?
(a) The flute.
(b) The harp.
(c) The taiko drum.
(d) The samisen.

10. 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.

11. What is Shimamura's first impression of Komako?
(a) Of ignorance.
(b) Of cleanliness.
(c) Of beauty.
(d) Of confidence.

12. What does Komako do for a living?
(a) Komako is a teacher.
(b) Komako is a weaver.
(c) Komako is a geisha.
(d) Komako is a writer.

13. Who tells Shimamura about the unlicensed geisha, Komako?
(a) A geisha.
(b) A maid.
(c) A patron of a bar.
(d) A bather at the hot springs.

14. What does Shimamura hear, which he says 'rings out clearly'?
(a) A church bell.
(b) A singing bird.
(c) An alarm.
(d) A woman's voice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mode of transportation is Shimamura using to get to the resort town?

2. What is Komako's purpose in creating her catalog?

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

4. How does Shimamura feel as he descends the mountain?

5. What country is "Snow Country" set in?

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