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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pumpkin leave the okiya to get for Hatsumomo in chapter 20?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Noodles.
(c) A shamisen.
(d) Hairpins she loaned to Korin.

2. What is a momoware?
(a) A hairpin.
(b) An apprentice geisha's hairstyle.
(c) A kind of kimono.
(d) A type of peach.

3. After she learns that Mother will be adopting Pumpkin, how much time does Mameha say she and Sayuri have to ensure Sayuri's success?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few months.
(d) A year.

4. Which teahouse does Mameha entertain Dr. Crab at the end of chapter 20?
(a) At the Shirae.
(b) At the Ichiriki.
(c) At the Mizuki.
(d) At the Yashino.

5. What does Sayuri compare herself to in explaining to Pumpkin the desperate situation she's in?
(a) A zucchini.
(b) A maid.
(c) An ant.
(d) A cockroach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the exchange system by which everyday things are bought and sold in Gion called in the novel?

2. Who is Hatsumiyo?

3. Why won't the Baron help Mameha?

4. What event is Sayuri referring to when she states: "...there did finally come a time when even the pinpoint of light in which we'd managed to keep ourselves suddenly went out" in chapter 28?

5. What does Chiyo do at the end of chapter 13 that convinces Mameha that she is ready for her debut?

(see the answer key)

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