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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Meet with Yoko.
(d) Go drinking.

5. Who does Shimamura hear Komako discussing her fee with?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) A maid.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Another geisha.

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

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

8. Where was Komako sent to become a geisha?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Niigata.

9. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves to go back to Tokyo at the end of Part One?
(a) A mother and her children.
(b) A middle-aged man and a young woman.
(c) An elderly woman carrying parcels of food.
(d) A young man in a western-style suit.

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

11. On Shimamura's third visit to the resort town, what food is the innkeeper's wife warming when he arrives at the inn?
(a) Long cakes.
(b) Miso soup.
(c) Beef steak.
(d) Rice cakes.

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

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

14. After working for a year, how much of her geisha-service contract does Komako say she has already paid off?
(a) Half of it.
(b) None of it.
(c) All of it.
(d) Three-quarters of it.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. At night with Shimamura, who does Komako say spend all of their time at the cemetery?

2. How long does Komako say it has been since Shimamura last visited the resort town when he returns at the beginning of Part Two?

3. What does Komako say is the only accomplishment she has had since last seeing Shimamura?

4. At the festival at night, what does Shimamura say is different in the resort town than in Tokyo?

5. Where did the food come from that the innkeeper's wife is warming?

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