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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. How long has it been since Sayuri saw Nobu when the geisha districts are about to be closed down?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Four years.

2. What is wrong with the vial belonging to Dr. Crab with Sayuri's name on it?
(a) "Ri" is spelled using the wrong character.
(b) "Yu" is spelled using the wrong character.
(c) "Sa" is spelled using the wrong character.
(d) "Sayu" is spelled using the wrong character.

3. Where has Nobu arranged to send Sayuri?
(a) To Mr. Tachibana's estate.
(b) To the Chairman's estate.
(c) To Mr. Arashino's estate.
(d) To the Baron's estate.

4. What emotion does Sayuri say she felt along with worry, fear, and disgust while she was carrying out her plan with the Minister?
(a) Passion.
(b) Grief.
(c) Elation.
(d) Excitement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many geisha were invited to the Iwamura Electric party Sayuri had been disinvited to at the end of chapter 24?

2. What do Sayuri and Nobu stop to look at on the way to the restroom in chapter 21?

3. Why isn't Pumpkin present the evening that Sayuri's dance moves the Chairman to tears?

4. What does Sayuri say she tucked in to her obi that morning just in case she decided to go through with her plan?

5. How long does Nobu say he has known Sayuri?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reason does Pumpkin give for having betrayed Sayuri?

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

4. Why doesn't Nobu like the Baron?

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

6. What does Sayuri say in chapter 25 about geisha's talents for making conversation?

7. What does the Minister do that so angers Nobu at the end of chapter 32?

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

9. How does Sayuri experience her mizuage?

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

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