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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the exchange system by which everyday things are bought and sold in Gion called in the novel?
(a) The red market.
(b) The black market.
(c) The housewives' market.
(d) The gray market.

2. What does Pumpkin claim she knows Sayuri thinks she is?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Heartless.

3. Who is Etsuko?
(a) Mameha's new maid.
(b) The new maid at the Nitta okiya.
(c) Sayuri's new little sister.
(d) Pumpkin's new little sister.

4. Who is Mr. Tsu?
(a) Hatsumomo's new assistant.
(b) Sayuri's new dresser.
(c) Nobu.
(d) Mameha's new danna.

5. Why doesn't Sayuri ask Mameha to help her entertain the Minister?
(a) Mameha isn't good at making conversation.
(b) Mameha isn't loud and funny.
(c) She doesn't want to expose Mameha to a man like that.
(d) Mameha isn't working as a geisha anymore.

6. What does Sayuri jokingly tell the Minister that his piece of beef is?
(a) Cat leather.
(b) Dog meat.
(c) Elephant leather.
(d) Monkey meat.

7. What gift does the Baron present to Sayuri?
(a) An antique set of makeup brushes.
(b) An antique hair ornament.
(c) An antique kimono.
(d) An antique pair of shoes.

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

9. Why does Mother suggest that Sayuri and Hatsumomo change rooms?
(a) Sayuri is now the daughter of the okiya and so she is more important.
(b) Hatsumomo's behavior makes Mother so angry that she thinks it's time for a change.
(c) Sayuri has earned more money than Hatsumomo and Pumpkin combined.
(d) Sayuri has so many kimono that she needs the extra space.

10. Who passes out the tips after the geisha party at the beginning of chapter 25?
(a) The host's wife.
(b) The top geisha.
(c) The host.
(d) The maid.

11. What does Sayuri hint that she shares with the Chairman?
(a) A house.
(b) Iwamura Electric.
(c) A daughter.
(d) A son.

12. What does Dr. Crab leave for Sayuri as a gift?
(a) A gold box.
(b) Chinese herbs.
(c) A jewel.
(d) Her vial.

13. From whom does Iwamura Electric secure a loan?
(a) Mitsubishi Bank.
(b) The Nitta okiya.
(c) Mitsuyaga Bank.
(d) Toyota Bank.

14. Who designed the gardens at the Baron's estate?
(a) The Baron's father.
(b) The Baron.
(c) Arashino.
(d) The Baron's grandfather.

15. How much did Sayuri's mizuage finally sell for?
(a) 10,500 yen.
(b) 12,500 yen.
(c) 11,500 yen.
(d) 8,500 yen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sayuri's danna do for the okiya?

2. What does the apprentice Sayuri meets before her performance tell her about Nobu?

3. Why does Sayuri decide to go ahead with her plan about the Minister and Nobu?

4. Who does the Chairman say has left him alone at the Ichiriki?

5. What has Sayuri written on the front page of her journal?

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