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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chiyo break by falling off the roof?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her leg.

2. What gift does Nobu present to Sayuri?
(a) A pair of chopsticks.
(b) A decorative sake cup.
(c) A silk obi.
(d) A hair ornament.

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

4. Who comes to get Chiyo and Satsu at the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) Mr. Tanaka's assistant.
(b) Mr. Tanaka.
(c) Their father.
(d) Mrs. Fidget.

5. What happened the same month that Sayuri first met the Chairman?
(a) Iwamura Electric recruited Nobu.
(b) The Chairman got married.
(c) Nobu was injured in a bombing.
(d) Iwamura Electric celebrated its twentieth anniversary.

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

7. Who announces Mameha's visit to Mother at the beginning of chapter 11?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Chiyo.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Yoko.

8. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to show to men when she's filling their teacups?
(a) More charm.
(b) More respect.
(c) Her arm.
(d) The nape of her neck.

9. What does Kuniko say Taro is afraid of?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Earthworms.
(d) Crabs.

10. What does Uchida Kosaburo do for a living?
(a) He's a choreographer.
(b) He's a calligrapher.
(c) He's a poet.
(d) He's an artist.

11. What remark does the Chairman make about Sayuri's kimono?
(a) It reminds him of a sunset.
(b) He doesn't care much for the color.
(c) He remembers seeing it on Mameha.
(d) He thinks it suits Sayuri's skin tone perfectly.

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

13. What does Pumpkin say she'd rather drink when Hatsumomo insists she drink a beer with her at the beginning of chapter 20?
(a) Sake.
(b) Spit.
(c) Urine.
(d) Tea.

14. What's wrong with the kimono Mameha wants Sayuri to put on near the beginning of chapter 18?
(a) It has ink spilled on it.
(b) It's torn.
(c) It's faded.
(d) It's too small.

15. What color is the fabric used to create an apprentice geisha's hairstyle?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ceremony performed that ties Pumpkin and Hatsumomo together as sisters?

2. What does Chiyo first notice about Hatsumomo?

3. What does the Baron make Mameha remove from its place in her apartment?

4. Who does Sayuri first believe she sees with Nobu?

5. What does Chiyo compare life to at the beginning of chapter 9 to make her point about change?

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