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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 is Komako's room like?
(a) The room is windowless.
(b) The room is messy.
(c) The room is neat.
(d) The room is bare.
2. What does Shimamura believe is the relationship between Yoko and Yukio?
(a) Friends.
(b) Employer and employee.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Husband and wife.
3. How much snow is it said could possibly accumulate when Shimamura arrives in snow country?
(a) Ten inches.
(b) Twenty feet.
(c) Fifteen feet.
(d) Twelve feet or more.
4. After visiting Komako's room, who does Shimamura meet on his way home?
(a) A geisha.
(b) A housewife.
(c) A Russian peddler.
(d) A blind masseuse.
5. In Shimamura's room at night, what does Komako say she will do until she has recovered from her ailment?
(a) Lie in Shimamura's bed.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Wait in the hallway.
(d) Sit on the floor.
Short Answer Questions
1. What mode of transportation is Shimamura using to get to the resort town?
2. What disease does Yukio, the music teacher's son, suffer from?
3. In the spring, how long had Shimamura spent in the mountains?
4. How does Komako feel about leaving Shimamura's room?
5. What is Komako's complaint when she calls to Shimamura from the hallway?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Shimamura observe on the train on his way to the resort town?
2. Where is Shimamura headed at the beginning of the story, and who does he plan to meet?
3. What has Komako cataloged since she was a teenager?
4. While sitting on the train on his way to the resort town, what does Shimamura discreetly look at?
5. Why has Komako started working as a geisha, according to the person Kamako meets on his way home from Komako's room?
6. Why were there no geisha available when Shimamura requested one?
7. What symbolism does Shimamura see in the reflection of Yoko's face in the window?
8. What are Komako's living arrangements like?
9. What effect does the weather have on Komako's visit Shimamura's room during his first visit to the resort town?
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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