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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 Komako do for a living?
(a) Komako is a writer.
(b) Komako is a teacher.
(c) Komako is a weaver.
(d) Komako is a geisha.

2. What is Komako's complaint when she calls to Shimamura from the hallway?
(a) She is cold.
(b) She cannot see.
(c) She hurt herself.
(d) She is lost.

3. What does Shimamura say he often loses with himself?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Patience.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Respect.

4. After he has climbed up the mountain for fun, how does Shimamura descend again?
(a) Quickly, but tripping over his feet.
(b) Slowly in a meandering way.
(c) Marching with determination.
(d) He runs down at full speed.

5. When Komako visits Shimamura's room, what does he try to persuade Komako to do?
(a) To walk home.
(b) To call a taxi.
(c) To get herself a room at the inn.
(d) To stay the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much snow is it said could possibly accumulate when Shimamura arrives in snow country?

2. What form of dance does Shimamura find interesting?

3. What disease does Yukio, the music teacher's son, suffer from?

4. What does Komako say her diary can confirm?

5. Who does Shimamura ask to hire a geisha for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What excuse does Shimamura use to leave his room with the geisha?

3. What does Komako find upsetting in her diary?

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

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

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

7. What are Komako's living arrangements like?

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

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

10. What kind of relationship does Shimamura apparently want with Komako?

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