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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Komako say repeatedly when she and Shimamura return to his room after their night out?
(a) That she doesn't feel well.
(b) That she is going home
(c) That she doesn't want Shimamura to go back to Tokyo.
(d) That she loves Shimamura.

2. Who thought it was a good idea for Yukio and Komako to marry?
(a) Yukio's mother.
(b) Komako's mother.
(c) Yukio himself.
(d) Komako herself.

3. What answer does Komako give to Shimamura's questions about her engagement?
(a) Komako is not engaged.
(b) Komako hopes to get married someday.
(c) Komako is engaged.
(d) Komako might be forced get married.

4. What creature(s) does Shimamura's wife refer to in her warning about the season?
(a) A Dragon.
(b) Rats.
(c) Forest spirits.
(d) Moths.

5. What sport does Komako say she enjoys?
(a) Archery.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Badminton.

6. What does Komako call home to have delivered?
(a) An instrument.
(b) A fresh kimono.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Her makeup.

7. What does Komoko say a woman on her own can always do?
(a) Depend on her friends.
(b) Make a living for herself.
(c) Get married.
(d) Find a roommate.

8. What song do children sing during the February festival?
(a) "Bright new year"
(b) The dancing dragon song.
(c) A song about snow flakes.
(d) The bird chasing song.

9. Who is Kikuyu?
(a) Komako's sister.
(b) A geisha who has left town.
(c) The music teacher.
(d) Shimamura's wife.

10. What do children build out of snow during the February festival?
(a) Birds.
(b) A snow palace.
(c) Dragons.
(d) People.

11. What are Komako's feelings about visiting the cemetery?
(a) Komako is indifferent about going.
(b) Komako is relieved to finally go.
(c) Komako is unwilling to go.
(d) Komako is agreeable to going.

12. What does Yoko tell Shimamura she feels about Komako?
(a) That she thinks Komako is funny.
(b) That she respects Komako.
(c) That she does not like Komako.
(d) That she distrusts Komako.

13. Who has Komako signed a contract with to serve as a geisha?
(a) A candy shop owner.
(b) A newspaper publisher.
(c) An innkeeper.
(d) A loan-shark.

14. While in his room, whose voice does Shimamura hear calling to Komako from the hallway?
(a) The music teacher's.
(b) The innkeeper's.
(c) Yoko's.
(d) A maid's.

15. Who does Shimamura notice Komako doesn't mention when she talks about Yukio?
(a) The music teacher.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Shimamura.
(d) Komako herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, what does Shimamura discover one morning when he awakes?

2. What reason does Komako have for saying she hates people from Tokyo?

3. What time in the morning is it when Komako enters Shimamura's room "dead drunk"?

4. Who is Saichiro?

5. How does Shimamura describe the voice that he hears calling to Komako from the hallway?

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