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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Komako excuse herself from the cemetery to do?

2. What does Komako say is the only accomplishment she has had since last seeing Shimamura?

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

4. When Komako comes to Shimamura's room drunk, what does she ask him to cut for her?

5. What sport does Komako say she enjoys?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What discussion does Shimamura overhear in the hallway?

7. Describe the peddler that Shimamura meets.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What have you learned from reading the novel "Snow Country"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and interpret the imagery used at the end of the novel. For instance, what is the meaning behind the Milky Way and Yoko's body floating?

Essay Topic 3

Snow holds great meaning in the novel "Snow Country", as can be gathered from its title. Discuss how snow is used to further the plot and exaggerate the imagery and meaning of the story.

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