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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. Why does Komako bite her arm?
(a) Because Komako's body has gone limp.
(b) Because Komako is trying to be funny.
(c) Because Komako wants to scare Shimamura.
(d) Because Komako wants to make it look like someone attacked her.

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

3. How much snow is expected when Shimamura arrives in snow country?
(a) Seven or eight feet.
(b) One or two feet.
(c) None.
(d) Four or five inches.

4. What do Shimamura and Komako talk about?
(a) The train.
(b) The hot springs.
(c) Books.
(d) The mountains.

5. How does Shimamura describe Komako's cataloging?
(a) As wasted efforts.
(b) As a sensible practice.
(c) As a dull pastime.
(d) As an adorable endeavor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what appears on Komako's list the most?

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

3. What does Komako intend to do with her diary before she dies?

4. How are Komako's skills described to Shimamura?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do his mountain trips mean to Shimamura?

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

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

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

5. Why does Komako bite her own arm?

6. What does Komako find upsetting in her diary?

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

8. Why has Komako started working as a geisha, according to the person Kamako meets on his way home from Komako's room?

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

10. 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?

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