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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hatsumomo say Mameha is trying to drive her out of Gion?
(a) Because Mameha has always hated Hatsumomo.
(b) Because Mameha has never liked Mother.
(c) Because Hatsumomo is more beautiful.
(d) Because Mameha is vengeful in character.

2. What does Chiyo do at the end of chapter 13 that convinces Mameha that she is ready for her debut?
(a) She catches the attention of every geisha she passes.
(b) She makes a prominent man stop on the street to look at her.
(c) She makes a delivery boy drop his tray just by looking at him.
(d) She performs the tea ceremony perfectly all by herself.

3. What does Chiyo think she's seen in the maids' room when she returns to the okiya in chapter 7?
(a) A cat.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Hatsumomo.
(d) A rat.

4. What does the Baron make Mameha remove from its place in her apartment?
(a) Her dressing mirror.
(b) A poem by Matsudaira Koichi.
(c) A rare ceramic vase.
(d) A painting of a landscape.

5. Where does Chiyo go after eating her shaved ice in chapter 9?
(a) To the Gion shrine.
(b) To the okiya.
(c) To the school.
(d) To the stone wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 16, what does Mameha tell Sayuri that Pumpkin has won?

2. What color is the fabric used to create an apprentice geisha's hairstyle?

3. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?

4. What are "zori"?

5. What does Kuniko say Taro is afraid of?

(see the answer key)

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