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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 the bank director keep telling Mameha and Sayuri to do while they are in the hot springs?
(a) Stand up so their top halves are exposed.
(b) Do a little dance in the water.
(c) Take their kimono off.
(d) Fetch a pebble or a twig from the woods at the edge of the springs.

2. What do Sayuri and Nobu stop to look at on the way to the restroom in chapter 21?
(a) The pond.
(b) The Baron's kimono collection.
(c) The cherry blossoms.
(d) Antiques.

3. Why does Mameha suggest Sayuri wishes she could be like the geisha Shizue?
(a) Shizue could make conversation better than any other geisha.
(b) Shizue was mistress to a man she was truly fond of.
(c) Shizue was prettier than any other geisha.
(d) Shizue was financially more successful than any other geisha.

4. Who tells Sayuri that everything is fine after the Baron has misused her?
(a) Nobu.
(b) The Chairman.
(c) Mameha.
(d) Mr. Itchoda.

5. What language does Pumpkin claim the fish spoke in her story at the Ichiriki?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Russian.
(c) Greek.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sayuri realize she is when the American soldiers roll through her village?

2. Where does the Baron seduce Sayuri?

3. What is the name of the dance Sayuri performs that moves the Chairman to tears?

4. What does Pumpkin say the Minister looks like?

5. Who does Mother insist Nobu's ruby was for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sayuri say happened to Korin and why does she mention the story in chapter 28?

2. What does Sayuri spend her time doing during her first week back in Gion after her years with the Arashinos?

3. What stories does Sayuri tell when it's her turn to play "Big Liar"?

4. What does Sayuri say at the end of the novel about how passion fades?

5. Why does Nobu say he's angry with Sayuri at the end of chapter 26?

6. What does Sayuri realize in thinking about Satsu while living with the Arashinos?

7. Describe Sayuri's first encounter with Pumpkin after her return to Gion following the end of the war.

8. What does Sayuri realize she can do to keep Nobu out of her life forever?

9. Explain why Sayuri needs to leave Gion after the Chairman becomes her danna and what arrangements are made for her to do so.

10. Why doesn't Sayuri stop the Baron from undressing her at the end of chapter 22?

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