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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 answer does Komako give to Shimamura's questions about her engagement?
(a) Komako is not engaged.
(b) Komako might be forced get married.
(c) Komako is engaged.
(d) Komako hopes to get married someday.

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) A year and a half.
(b) Six Months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

3. What does Komoko say a woman on her own can always do?
(a) Find a roommate.
(b) Depend on her friends.
(c) Make a living for herself.
(d) Get married.

4. On the night of the festival, who asks Shimamura whether he ever worries about other people's problems?
(a) Yoko.
(b) A beggar woman.
(c) Kikuyu.
(d) Komako.

5. What does Komako say repeatedly when she and Shimamura return to his room after their night out?
(a) That she doesn't want Shimamura to go back to Tokyo.
(b) That she doesn't feel well.
(c) That she loves Shimamura.
(d) That she is going home

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has died since Shimamura last left the resort town?

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

3. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves to go back to Tokyo at the end of Part One?

4. What does Komako call home to have delivered?

5. What do children build out of snow during the February festival?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. After delivering a note to Shimamura, what does Yoko ask of him concerning her travel plans?

7. Describe the peddler that Shimamura meets.

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

9. What occupation did Yoko once consider, and why did she give it up?

10. What explanation does Komako give about her rumored engagement to Yukio?

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