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

3. What reason does Komako have for saying she hates people from Tokyo?
(a) They always lie.
(b) They have no respect for the town's locals.
(c) They think they are clever.
(d) They always her.

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

5. What does Komako say of her work ethic to Shimamura?
(a) Komako has never had to work hard a day in her life.
(b) Komako works just enough to get by.
(c) Komako envies people who take joy in their work.
(d) Komako worked harder than anyone in her family.

6. At night with Shimamura, who does Komako say spend all of their time at the cemetery?
(a) Yukio.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The music teacher.
(d) Yoko.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. On the night of the festival, who asks Shimamura whether he ever worries about other people's problems?
(a) Yoko.
(b) Komako.
(c) A beggar woman.
(d) Kikuyu.

14. Where does Komako tell Yoko she had considered going when they met early in this section?
(a) To the hot springs.
(b) To the hairdresser.
(c) To the cemetary.
(d) To the doctor.

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