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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 say of her work ethic to Shimamura?
(a) Komako works just enough to get by.
(b) Komako envies people who take joy in their work.
(c) Komako has never had to work hard a day in her life.
(d) Komako worked harder than anyone in her family.

2. What is the weather like outside the night before Shimamura is to return to Tokyo?
(a) It is raining outside.
(b) It is snowing outside.
(c) It is quite warm outside.
(d) It is very cold outside.

3. How does Shimamura describe the voice that he hears calling to Komako from the hallway?
(a) As beautiful.
(b) As faint.
(c) As hoarse.
(d) As loud.

4. What skill does Komako tell Shimamura she has one night?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Kite-flying.
(d) Fishing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimamura's wife say he should take care of in her warning about the season?

2. How does Komako practice music?

3. Where did the food come from that the innkeeper's wife is warming?

4. What does Yoko tell Shimamura she feels about Komako?

5. What does Shimamura's wife warn him about the season?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the peddler that Shimamura meets.

5. How does Komako practice her samisen playing?

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

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

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

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

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

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