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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uchida Kosaburo do for a living?

2. What is a momoware?

3. What does Nobu say are the three most important things in life?

4. What does Mr. Tanaka write has happened to Satsu?

5. Who comes to get Chiyo and Satsu at the beginning of chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the story of Mameha's kimono in chapter 6.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What caused Nobu's injuries?

9. Explain what Mameha spends her time doing with Chiyo in chapter 13 and why.

10. What is the apprentice's award?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout her time in the okiya, Chiyo faces a great deal of adversity. Describe the difficulties she faces and the strategies she develops to deal with these difficulties.

Essay Topic 2

Recall chapter 22 in which Sayuri watches Mameha dance in "A Courtier Returns to His Wife" and Mother tells Sayuri she will be adopting her. At this point in the story, explain how the author touches on the topic of loss by depicting several of the characters dealing with their own losses by describing who has lost what and how each character copes.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Nobu's character is used as a symbol of both ugliness and beauty throughout the novel using specific information from the text.

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