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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be said of Komako's mood when she is with Shimamura in the first half of Part One of the novel?
(a) Komako has mood swings.
(b) Komako is depressed.
(c) Komako hides her moods.
(d) Komako is happy.

2. How much snow is it said could possibly accumulate when Shimamura arrives in snow country?
(a) Twenty feet.
(b) Ten inches.
(c) Fifteen feet.
(d) Twelve feet or more.

3. What reason does the old woman give for Komako having become a geisha?
(a) Komako can find no other work.
(b) Komako needs to pay off gambling debts.
(c) Komako is helping to pay medical bills.
(d) Komako has a gift for the arts practiced by geisha.

4. Who does Shimamura think Komako would be a good companion for?
(a) His wife.
(b) He himself.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His mother.

5. What does Shimamura suddenly find himself enchanted by as he leaves to collect his money?
(a) The leaves on the mountain.
(b) A quick flowing river.
(c) A beautiful geisha.
(d) The smell of the hot springs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument are geisha heard playing by Shimamura and the old woman he meets?

2. What is Komako's complaint when she calls to Shimamura from the hallway?

3. What is Shimamura wearing outside?

4. What is the name of the mountain range that surrounds the resort town?

5. What does Yukio's mother do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Shimamura arrives for his second visit to the resort town, how many days does Komako say it has it been since she and Shimamura spent their night together, and how can she be sure of this?

2. How does Komako express her liking of Shimamura when she visits his room at the inn on his second visit to the resort town?

3. While sitting on the train on his way to the resort town, what does Shimamura discreetly look at?

4. What distracts Shimamura after leaving his inn and the young geisha, and what does he do?

5. What do his mountain trips mean to Shimamura?

6. What does Komako find upsetting in her diary?

7. What happens with Komako on a night during Shimamura's first visit to the resort town that contradicts a decision he made earlier?

8. What has Komako cataloged since she was a teenager?

9. Why doesn't the young geisha sent to Shimamura interest him?

10. Who does Shimamura meet on his way home from Komako's room, and what impressed him about this person?

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