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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 does Shimamura refer to as "free, uncontrolled fantasy"?
(a) Movies.
(b) His trips to the resort town.
(c) Reading books set abroad.
(d) His dance research.

2. In Shimamura's room at night, what does Komako say she will do until she has recovered from her ailment?
(a) Wait in the hallway.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Lie in Shimamura's bed.
(d) Sit on the floor.

3. What does Komako make a list of?
(a) Books she likes.
(b) Animals she likes.
(c) Places she likes.
(d) Men she likes.

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

5. How old is Yukio?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-six.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty-eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shimamura's first impression of Komako?

2. When Komako visits Shimamura's room, what does he try to persuade Komako to do?

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

4. What is the weather like outside on the night of Komako's visit to Shimamura's room?

5. What is Shimamura wearing outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Shimamura observe on the train on his way to the resort town?

2. Why were there no geisha available when Shimamura requested one?

3. What secrets about herself does Komako reveal when she visits Shimamura's room at night during his second visit to the resort town?

4. Why does Komako have to leave before daylight?

5. What do his mountain trips mean to Shimamura?

6. What is Komako's condition when she shows up at Shimamura's room in the middle of the night on his first visit to the resort town?

7. 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?

8. Where does Shimamura go the day after his night with Komako, and why might he have left?

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

10. Where is Shimamura headed at the beginning of the story, and who does he plan to meet?

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