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

2. Where is the ceremony performed that ties Pumpkin and Hatsumomo together as sisters?
(a) At the Gion Shrine.
(b) At the Nitta okiya.
(c) By the Shirakawa Stream.
(d) At the Mizuki Teahouse.

3. What is hataki komi?
(a) The title of the best sumo wrestler.
(b) A type of sake.
(c) A sumo move.
(d) The sumo winner's prize.

4. What does Dr. Crab accuse Mameha and Sayuri of doing?
(a) Misleading him.
(b) Leading him on.
(c) Taking advantage of him.
(d) Exploiting him.

5. What are "zori"?
(a) Boats.
(b) Pants.
(c) Fish.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother tell Chiyo that Granny spends her whole day doing?

2. What happened the same month that Sayuri first met the Chairman?

3. Who does Chiyo believe she hears saying her name in their sleep in chapter 8?

4. What does the cook have in her hand when Mameha and Sayuri arrive at Mameha's former okiya?

5. Why does Pumpkin have so much trouble in music class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chiyo's first impression of Hatsumomo?

2. How does her meeting with the Chairman affect Chiyo?

3. Explain how Satsu seems to be doing when Chiyo sees her in chapter 7.

4. Briefly explain the Chairman's relationship with Nobu.

5. What happens to change Dr. Crab's impression of Sayuri in chapter 19?

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

7. Why does Pumpkin decline to run away from the okiya with Chiyo?

8. Why does Mameha refuse to tell Sayuri about her plan?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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