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

2. What does Komako say is the only accomplishment she has had since last seeing Shimamura?
(a) Earning her geisha licence.
(b) Writing a story.
(c) Quitting drinking.
(d) Quitting smoking.

3. What does Shimamura suppose Yoko thinks of Komako?
(a) That Komako is a good friend.
(b) That Komako is a disgrace.
(c) That Komako is a role-model.
(d) That Komako is untrustworthy.

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

5. What reason does Komako have for saying she hates people from Tokyo?
(a) They have no respect for the town's locals.
(b) They think they are clever.
(c) They always lie.
(d) They always her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shimamura learn that Yoko is working?

2. What does Komako think Shimamura should do the day following the festival?

3. Where does Komako tell Yoko she had considered going when they met early in this section?

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

5. On the mornings she is at Shimamura's, what does Komako sometimes do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Komako tell Shimamura of the geisha Kikuyu?

6. What discussion does Shimamura overhear in the hallway?

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

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

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

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

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