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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are ohana?
(a) Incense sticks.
(b) Offerings to the Teahouse mistress.
(c) Offerings to the geisha.
(d) A geisha's nightly fee.

2. How does Sayuri say the young actor she met at the party died a few years after they met?
(a) He was killed by a waitress.
(b) He died of drug overdose.
(c) He killed himself with a sword.
(d) He fell off a bridge in Gion.

3. Sayuri compares Hatsumomo's beauty to that of an object someone had shown her some years after the story took place. What was the object?
(a) A spur.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A whip.
(d) A sword.

4. What does Mr. Tanaka deliver to Chiyo for her mother at the beginning of chapter 2?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Chinese herbs.
(c) Fish.
(d) Tea.

5. In talking with Mother, what excuse does Chiyo make up for her presence in the entrance hall during Mameha's visit?
(a) She says she was trying to buff a scratch out of the floorboards.
(b) She says she was trying to fold Hatsumomo's obi.
(c) She says she was trying to bring tea to Auntie.
(d) She says she was trying to remove the dust from the altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mameha say Mother won't adopt Hatsumomo?

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

3. How does Hatsumomo paint her lips?

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

5. What does Kuniko say Taro is afraid of?

(see the answer key)

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