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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 excuse herself from the cemetery to do?
(a) To wash her hair.
(b) To meet one of her patrons.
(c) To mail a letter.
(d) To buy some flowers.

2. How long does Komako say it has been since Shimamura last visited the resort town when he returns at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six Months.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) One year.

3. In her new home, what must Komako do to save electricity?
(a) Bathe in cold water.
(b) Burn coal for heat.
(c) Read by candlelight.
(d) Wash her clothes by hand.

4. What does Shimamura ask Komako about Yoko, which makes her angry?
(a) Whether Yoko is single.
(b) Whether Yoko loved Yukio.
(c) Whether Yoko lives alone.
(d) Whether Komako treats Yoko nicely.

5. Who is Kikuyu?
(a) Shimamura's wife.
(b) Komako's sister.
(c) The music teacher.
(d) A geisha who has left town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past?

2. In Part One, what does Shimamura discover one morning when he awakes?

3. What is the purpose of the town's February festival?

4. What does Komako insist she and Shimamura do the night before he is to return to Tokyo?

5. What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Komako's drunken arrival at Shimamura's room at three in the morning.

2. Why does Shimamura make his third trip to the resort town?

3. Why does Komako not want to visit Yukio's grave?

4. What is Komako's point in relating Kikuyu's story to Shimamura?

5. What is the bird chasing festival?

6. What is the content of the first note Komako sends to Shimamura, and who does she have deliver it?

7. What does Shimamura find when he awakes at the beginning of this section of Part One?

8. Describe the peddler that Shimamura meets.

9. What reaction does Shimamura get from Komako when he asks about Yoko's living arrangements?

10. What is Komako's reaction to the news that Yukio is dying?

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