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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chiyo keep doing when she bows on the street with Mameha that causes Mameha to pull her into an alley and show her the proper way of bowing?
(a) She keeps bowing too deeply.
(b) She keeps stopping in place.
(c) She keeps pressing her hands together the wrong way.
(d) She keeps making noises when she bows.

2. What does Sayuri compare her encounter with the Chairman to at the beginning of chapter 19?
(a) A temple bell.
(b) A gentle stream.
(c) A cherry blossom.
(d) An incense offering.

3. 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?
(a) The end of the tea rations.
(b) Korin's fire and subsequent job in the factory.
(c) The arrival of the military police at the Nitta okiya.
(d) The General's sudden death.

4. What does Mr. Tanaka write has happened to Satsu?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has run off with Mr. Sugi's son.
(c) She has fallen ill.
(d) She has come back to Yoroido.

5. Hatsumomo shows Mother and Sayuri her bowl and jokes that her food looks like Nobu's blistered skin. What is she eating?
(a) Mashed plums.
(b) A bowl of noodles.
(c) Rice and red beans.
(d) Dried peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. In talking with Mother, what excuse does Chiyo make up for her presence in the entrance hall during Mameha's visit?

2. What does Mother tell Chiyo that Granny spends her whole day doing?

3. How does Mameha say Sayuri can make a good impression on Nobu?

4. In chapter 12 what does the narrator say she did NOT study?

5. What does Sayuri find in Hatsumomo's room while trying to retrieve her journal?

(see the answer key)

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