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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. Who says Shimamura asks questions he has no business asking?
(a) Shimamura's wife.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Komako.
(d) Kikuyu.

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

3. What does Shimamura's wife warn him about the season?
(a) That there are several "bad luck days" ahead.
(b) That it is "egg-laying" season.
(c) That it is the season when sickness spreads easily.
(d) That it gets cold quickly at night.

4. What reason does Shimamura give Komako for his third visit to the resort town?
(a) Shimamura is there to see Komako.
(b) Shimamura is visiting the hotsprings for his health.
(c) Shimamura was called to the area by a sick friend.
(d) Shimamura needed to get away from home.

5. What song do children sing during the February festival?
(a) The bird chasing song.
(b) A song about snow flakes.
(c) "Bright new year"
(d) The dancing dragon song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of grass used to thatch roofs does Shimamura see some women carrying?

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

3. Who has Komako signed a contract with to serve as a geisha?

4. What does Komako have Yoko deliver to Shimamura?

5. What does Komako say of her work ethic to Shimamura?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Shimamura "strangely reluctant" to call Komako to the inn?

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

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

4. Describe the peddler that Shimamura meets.

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

6. What do Shimamura and Komako do the night before he is to leave for Tokyo?

7. What warning does Shimamura's wife give him before his trip to the resort town?

8. After Yukio's death, what does Komako inform Shimamura about Yoko in Part Two of the novel?

9. Who has Komako signed a geisha contract with and where does she live?

10. How is Komako's samisen delivered to the inn?

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