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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Kikuyu?
(a) Shimamura's wife.
(b) Komako's sister.
(c) A geisha who has left town.
(d) The music teacher.

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

3. How does Komako practice music?
(a) With a tutor.
(b) From scores.
(c) By listening to recordings.
(d) With another geisha.

4. What obstacle can the drunken Komako not believe she surpassed on her own to reach Shimamura's room?
(a) The dark hallway.
(b) A rickety bridge.
(c) The hill to the inn.
(d) A locked gate.

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

6. What is Komako told about Yukio at the train station?
(a) That he is marrying Yoko.
(b) That Yukio is dying.
(c) That he is asking to see her.
(d) That he has recovered from his illness.

7. How does Shimamura describe the voice that he hears calling to Komako from the hallway?
(a) As beautiful.
(b) As loud.
(c) As hoarse.
(d) As faint.

8. Who is Saichiro?
(a) The town doctor.
(b) Komako's patron.
(c) A guest at the inn.
(d) Yoko's brother.

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

10. On the mornings she is at Shimamura's, what does Komako sometimes do?
(a) Take long walks by herself.
(b) Help with work at the inn.
(c) Play with the innkeepter's daughter.
(d) Write in her diary.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Komako's feelings about visiting the cemetery?

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

3. On the night of the festival, who asks Shimamura whether he ever worries about other people's problems?

4. What does Komako insist she and Shimamura do the night before he is to return to Tokyo?

5. Who thought it was a good idea for Yukio and Komako to marry?

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