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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In talking with Mother, what excuse does Chiyo make up for her presence in the entrance hall during Mameha's visit?
(a) She says she was trying to remove the dust from the altar.
(b) She says she was trying to buff a scratch out of the floorboards.
(c) She says she was trying to fold Hatsumomo's obi.
(d) She says she was trying to bring tea to Auntie.

2. What is a momoware?
(a) An apprentice geisha's hairstyle.
(b) A type of peach.
(c) A hairpin.
(d) A kind of kimono.

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

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

5. What does Chiyo do at the end of chapter 13 that convinces Mameha that she is ready for her debut?
(a) She makes a delivery boy drop his tray just by looking at him.
(b) She catches the attention of every geisha she passes.
(c) She performs the tea ceremony perfectly all by herself.
(d) She makes a prominent man stop on the street to look at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which element does Chiyo's mother have too much of in her personality?

2. Why does Mother say Chiyo should be punished for ruining Mameha's kimono?

3. How much does Mother first offer Mameha on top of her usual fee for her services of being an older sister if Chiyo pays off her debts by twenty?

4. What are "zori"?

5. What does Hatsumomo's boyfriend do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to do when talking with Nobu, and why?

2. How does Hatsumomo destroy Sayuri's debut in chapter 15?

3. What does Mameha tell Dr. Crab to make him doubt what Hatsumomo has told him?

4. Explain what Sayuri says in chapter 15 at the time of her debut about how she is beginning to feel about Hatsumomo's beauty.

5. Explain the deal that Mother and Mameha enter into regarding Chiyo at the end of chapter 11.

6. Explain how Sayuri gets her new name.

7. How does Mameha get Dr. Crab to take notice of Sayuri?

8. What consequences do Chiyo's failed attempt to escape bear?

9. What does Pumpkin reveal that Hatsumomo has said to Dr. Crab to ruin Sayuri's chances with him?

10. Explain the mixed feelings Pumpkin seems to have on the event of her debut as an apprentice.

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