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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are "zori"?
(a) Pants.
(b) Boats.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Fish.

2. What is the cause of Granny's death?
(a) A bad fall.
(b) A fire.
(c) A space heater.
(d) A bee sting.

3. What are tsutsumi, okawa, and taiko?
(a) Kinds of songs.
(b) Kinds of dances.
(c) Kinds of drums.
(d) Kinds of stringed instruments.

4. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?
(a) She has a hard time paying attention.
(b) She can't sing.
(c) She doesn't have much of an ear.
(d) She can't read music.

5. What did Awajiumi do for a living before he began working at the Gion Registry Office?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a sumo wrestler.
(c) He was a fish merchant.
(d) He was a geisha dresser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chiyo believe she hears saying her name in their sleep in chapter 8?

2. Who did Mameha's older sister have an affair with?

3. What is Chiyo asked to deliver to Hatsumomo in chapter 7?

4. Who does Auntie say will end up in a jorou-ya if she ever gets what she deserves?

5. What did Chiyo hide under the house's foundation that she finds again in chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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