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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Komako insist she and Shimamura do the night before he is to return to Tokyo?
(a) Go for a walk.
(b) Bathe in the hot springs.
(c) Go drinking.
(d) Meet with Yoko.

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

4. When Komako comes to Shimamura's room drunk, what does she ask him to cut for her?
(a) A knotted sash.
(b) The strings supporting her hair.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) Her tangled hair.

5. What kind of grass used to thatch roofs does Shimamura see some women carrying?
(a) Silver grass.
(b) Kiseki grass.
(c) Kaya grass.
(d) Midori grass.

6. What does Komako say she will not do with Shimamura again?
(a) Sleep with him.
(b) See him off at the train station.
(c) Bathe with him.
(d) Talk to him about personal matters.

7. 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.

8. What is the weather like outside the night before Shimamura is to return to Tokyo?
(a) It is quite warm outside.
(b) It is very cold outside.
(c) It is snowing outside.
(d) It is raining outside.

9. Which of Yoko's features is Komako certain Shimamura likes?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her figure.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her lips.

10. Why does Komako say she has come to Shimamura's room?
(a) Because she promised to.
(b) Because she forgot something there.
(c) Because she feels comfortable there.
(d) Because she missed Shimamura.

11. What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her?
(a) To leave his wife.
(b) To visit her on February fourteenth.
(c) To write her letters.
(d) To never come back to the resort town.

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

13. Why does the music teacher not teach Komako music?
(a) She dislikes Komako.
(b) Komako dislikes the teacher.
(c) She has gone deaf.
(d) She has had a stroke.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shimamura notice Komako doesn't mention when she talks about Yukio?

2. On their first full day together, what does Shimamura suggest Komako practice?

3. What does Komako think Shimamura should do the day following the festival?

4. What sport does Komako say she enjoys?

5. What does Komako apparently stop trying to do when staying at Shimamura's?

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