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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A river.
(c) A cherry blossom.
(d) A mountain.

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

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

4. What did Chiyo hide under the house's foundation that she finds again in chapter 9?
(a) A moth.
(b) A hairpin.
(c) A tree branch.
(d) A coin.

5. What are ekubo?
(a) Sweet rice cakes.
(b) Chopsticks.
(c) Crab cakes.
(d) Incense sticks.

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

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

8. 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.

9. In which city was Nobu injured?
(a) In Tokyo.
(b) In Kyoto.
(c) In Seoul.
(d) In Peking.

10. Who is waiting at Mameha's apartment for Sayuri when she arrives at the end of chapter 15?
(a) Mr. Itchoda.
(b) Mr. Bekku.
(c) Mr. Tanaka.
(d) Yoko.

11. What does Mameha say generous people don't do?
(a) Become geisha.
(b) Become patrons of geisha.
(c) Become okiya owners.
(d) Become teahouse owners.

12. How does Mameha tell Sayuri to act when she meets the Doctor?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Silly.
(d) Honored.

13. What does Mother tell Chiyo that Granny spends her whole day doing?
(a) Thinking of ways to hurt Hatsumomo.
(b) Thinking of ways to help Hatsumomo.
(c) Wasting time.
(d) Daydreaming.

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

15. Who does Auntie say will end up in a jorou-ya if she ever gets what she deserves?
(a) Hatsumomo.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Chiyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What remark does the Chairman make about Sayuri's kimono?

2. What is mizuage?

3. What does Nobu say are the three most important things in life?

4. Why is Sayuri worried that Mameha wants Nobu to become her danna?

5. What did Awajiumi do for a living before he began working at the Gion Registry Office?

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