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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years have passed since the Chairman told Sayuri about his feelings by the end of the narration?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ten.

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

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

4. What does Sayuri say about her life since the Chairman became her danna?
(a) Her life has become monotonous.
(b) Her life has become richer.
(c) Her life has become pleasant.
(d) Her life has become isolated.

5. Who doesn't seem to be paying attention when Sayuri begins her story about stopping to cry by the Shirakawa Stream?
(a) The Chairman.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Nobu.
(d) The Minister.

6. 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.

7. Why won't the Baron help Mameha?
(a) He has lost all his money.
(b) He wants to punish her.
(c) He's been arrested.
(d) He's no longer her danna.

8. Why does Pumpkin say she brought the Chairman instead of Nobu to the theater?
(a) She was getting back at Sayuri for calling her Pumpkin.
(b) She had misunderstood Sayuri.
(c) Nobu had refused to go with her.
(d) Sayuri had once taken something important from her when Mother adopted her.

9. What does Sayuri find in Hatsumomo's room while trying to retrieve her journal?
(a) Mameha's stolen kimono.
(b) The emerald brooch.
(c) Pumpkin's earnings for the previous month.
(d) Mother's dog.

10. Why doesn't Nobu invite Sayuri in to the teahouse at the end of chapter 26?
(a) He regrets that the Chairman won't be there.
(b) He doesn't want to waste her time.
(c) He already has company.
(d) He doesn't like to have things held before him that he can't have.

11. What is the theme for the season's "Dances of the Old Capital"?
(a) The Morning Sun on the Waves.
(b) Famous Places from the Tale of the Heike.
(c) The Gleaming Light of the Morning Sun.
(d) Colors of the Four Seasons in Kyoto.

12. What does Pumpkin say the Minister looks like?
(a) A big pig.
(b) A big elephant.
(c) A big fish.
(d) A big horse.

13. What does Mameha say will happen to Sayuri when the bidding for her mizuage goes high?
(a) Hatsumomo will become very jealous.
(b) Mother will start to contend for her favor.
(c) Sayuri will become famous.
(d) Things will start to happen.

14. What does Sayuri ask Auntie to do when she goes back to the okiya to get Nobu's piece of concrete?
(a) Call the Ichiriki and tell them she can't come back.
(b) Call Nobu and tell him he can't be her danna.
(c) Call Mameha and ask for her advice.
(d) Call Pumpkin and ask her to come help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Crab leave for Sayuri as a gift?

2. Which of the following geisha was Dr. Crab not mizuage patron to?

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

4. What does Sayuri do during her costume change in chapter 23?

5. Where does the Baron seduce Sayuri?

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