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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who runs up to Komako at the train station?
(a) The music teacher.
(b) A beggar.
(c) Yoko.
(d) The train conductor.
2. On Shimamura's third visit to the resort town, what food is the innkeeper's wife warming when he arrives at the inn?
(a) Miso soup.
(b) Long cakes.
(c) Rice cakes.
(d) Beef steak.
3. Where does Shimamura learn that Yoko is working?
(a) At the inn.
(b) At a geisha house.
(c) At the candy shop.
(d) At the hospital.
4. What does Komako excuse herself from the cemetery to do?
(a) To mail a letter.
(b) To wash her hair.
(c) To buy some flowers.
(d) To meet one of her patrons.
5. What does Komako call home to have delivered?
(a) Her diary.
(b) A fresh kimono.
(c) An instrument.
(d) Her makeup.
6. Who does Shimamura notice Komako doesn't mention when she talks about Yukio?
(a) Yoko.
(b) The music teacher.
(c) Komako herself.
(d) Shimamura.
7. How long does Komako say it has been since Shimamura last visited the resort town when he returns at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) One year.
(b) Six Months.
(c) Two years.
(d) A year and a half.
8. How many times has Komako visited Yukio's grave?
(a) Only once.
(b) Twelve times.
(c) Never.
(d) Three or four times.
9. Who is Kikuyu?
(a) The music teacher.
(b) Komako's sister.
(c) Shimamura's wife.
(d) A geisha who has left town.
10. What is Komako told about Yukio at the train station?
(a) That he has recovered from his illness.
(b) That Yukio is dying.
(c) That he is asking to see her.
(d) That he is marrying Yoko.
11. Who has died since Shimamura last left the resort town?
(a) Yukio and the music teacher.
(b) Yukio.
(c) The blind masseuse.
(d) The innkeeper's daughter.
12. On their first full day together, what does Shimamura suggest Komako practice?
(a) The taiko drum.
(b) The samisen.
(c) English words.
(d) Occidental dance.
13. What are Komako's feelings about visiting the cemetery?
(a) Komako is relieved to finally go.
(b) Komako is unwilling to go.
(c) Komako is indifferent about going.
(d) Komako is agreeable to going.
14. What obstacle can the drunken Komako not believe she surpassed on her own to reach Shimamura's room?
(a) A locked gate.
(b) The dark hallway.
(c) The hill to the inn.
(d) A rickety bridge.
15. Where did the food come from that the innkeeper's wife is warming?
(a) The food is leftover from a celebration.
(b) The food was donated by a church.
(c) The food was brought to the inn from Komako's house.
(d) The food was prepared by geisha.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Komako say is the only accomplishment she has had since last seeing Shimamura?
2. What song do children sing during the February festival?
3. What does Komako say she will not do with Shimamura again?
4. What does Komako have Yoko deliver to Shimamura?
5. What occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past?
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