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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past?
(a) To be a nurse.
(b) To be a teacher.
(c) To be a doctor.
(d) To be a writer.

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

3. When Yoko is sent to Shimamura's room a second time, where does Yoko tell him she intends to go?
(a) Fukuoka.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Osaka.

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

5. What time in the morning is it when Komako enters Shimamura's room "dead drunk"?
(a) Three o'clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Four o'clock.
(d) Six o'clock.

6. Who runs up to Komako at the train station?
(a) The train conductor.
(b) The music teacher.
(c) A beggar.
(d) Yoko.

7. In Part One, what does Shimamura discover one morning when he awakes?
(a) A bird is in his room.
(b) Komako is still in his room.
(c) His belongings have been stolen.
(d) He has missed the train to Tokyo.

8. Where did the food come from that the innkeeper's wife is warming?
(a) The food was donated by a church.
(b) The food is leftover from a celebration.
(c) The food was prepared by geisha.
(d) The food was brought to the inn from Komako's house.

9. What does Shimamura ask Komako about Yoko, which makes her angry?
(a) Whether Komako treats Yoko nicely.
(b) Whether Yoko lives alone.
(c) Whether Yoko loved Yukio.
(d) Whether Yoko is single.

10. Why does Komako decline Shimamura's invitation to take a bath?
(a) Komako is angry with Shimamura.
(b) Komako fears that someone might see her.
(c) Komako had already taken a bath.
(d) Komako fears that she will catch a cold.

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

12. What is the purpose of the town's February festival?
(a) To welcome the new year.
(b) To ward off evil.
(c) To bless local wildlife.
(d) To usher in spring.

13. What does Komako think Shimamura should do the day following the festival?
(a) Visit Yoko.
(b) Explore the countryside.
(c) Take a walk with her.
(d) Return to Tokyo.

14. How many times has Komako visited Yukio's grave?
(a) Twelve times.
(b) Only once.
(c) Never.
(d) Three or four times.

15. What does Shimamura become "strangely reluctant" to do after he learns of Yoko's new job?
(a) Go shopping in town.
(b) Invite Komoko to the inn.
(c) Leave his room at the inn.
(d) Speak to Yoko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the music teacher not teach Komako music?

2. What obstacle can the drunken Komako not believe she surpassed on her own to reach Shimamura's room?

3. Who saw Komako off when she left for geisha training?

4. What song do children sing during the February festival?

5. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves to go back to Tokyo at the end of Part One?

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