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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shimamura believe is the relationship between Yoko and Yukio?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) Friends.
(d) Employer and employee.

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

3. What is Komako's complaint when she calls to Shimamura from the hallway?
(a) She is cold.
(b) She hurt herself.
(c) She is lost.
(d) She cannot see.

4. What is Komako's purpose in creating her catalog?
(a) There is no purpose.
(b) It is like a fun personal game for her.
(c) Komako will read it as an old woman to remember her youth.
(d) Komako hopes to share it with her children.

5. Where does Komako live?
(a) Above a tea house.
(b) A loft in a dilapidated house.
(c) In the inn.
(d) In an apartment with a friend.

6. Who is Yoko accompanied by?
(a) A relative.
(b) A child.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A sick man.

7. How does Shimamura describe Komako's cataloging?
(a) As wasted efforts.
(b) As a dull pastime.
(c) As an adorable endeavor.
(d) As a sensible practice.

8. What condition is Komako in when she visits Shimamura's room?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She is lucid.

9. What does Yukio's mother do for a living?
(a) Yukio's mother is a music teacher.
(b) Yukio's mother is a fisherman.
(c) Yukio's mother is a farmer.
(d) Yukio's mother is a doctor.

10. What does Komako have to drink after barging into Shimamura's room for the second time?
(a) Wine.
(b) Sake.
(c) Water.
(d) Tea.

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

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

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

14. What does Komako refuse to close one day when she is staying at the inn with Shimamura?
(a) A cabinet.
(b) A window.
(c) A book.
(d) A door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Komako engaged to, according to the old woman?

2. Who or what appears on Komako's list the most?

3. How does Komako feel about leaving Shimamura's room?

4. When he feels cold, what does Shimamura decide to do?

5. What does Shimamura say he often loses with himself?

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