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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 think Shimamura should do the day following the festival?
(a) Return to Tokyo.
(b) Take a walk with her.
(c) Explore the countryside.
(d) Visit Yoko.

2. Where does Shimamura learn that Yoko is working?
(a) At the candy shop.
(b) At a geisha house.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At the inn.

3. Where does Komako tell Yoko she had considered going when they met early in this section?
(a) To the cemetary.
(b) To the hairdresser.
(c) To the doctor.
(d) To the hot springs.

4. What time in the morning is it when Komako enters Shimamura's room "dead drunk"?
(a) Three o'clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Six o'clock.
(d) Four o'clock.

5. What occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past?
(a) To be a writer.
(b) To be a teacher.
(c) To be a nurse.
(d) To be a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many geisha serve the thirty guests of the party that Komako works at?

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

3. What answer does Komako give to Shimamura's questions about her engagement?

4. What are Komako's feelings about visiting the cemetery?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves the resort town for the second time, and how do they disappoint him?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the bird chasing festival?

8. At the time of Shimamura's return in Part 2, what is Komako's financial situation like?

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

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

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