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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 is mizuage?
2. What does Sayuri say she felt happened to Chiyo?
3. Why does Mother say Chiyo should be punished for ruining Mameha's kimono?
4. After she learns that Mother will be adopting Pumpkin, how much time does Mameha say she and Sayuri have to ensure Sayuri's success?
5. What does the cook have in her hand when Mameha and Sayuri arrive at Mameha's former okiya?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mameha refuse to tell Sayuri about her plan?
2. Explain what Sayuri says in chapter 15 at the time of her debut about how she is beginning to feel about Hatsumomo's beauty.
3. Write a brief description of Chiyo's relationship with Auntie as shown in chapters 5 and 6.
4. Explain the deal that Mother and Mameha enter into regarding Chiyo at the end of chapter 11.
5. Explain the mixed feelings Pumpkin seems to have on the event of her debut as an apprentice.
6. What does Mameha tell Sayuri to do when talking with Nobu, and why?
7. How does Hatsumomo destroy Sayuri's debut in chapter 15?
8. Explain the story of Mameha's kimono in chapter 6.
9. Briefly explain the Chairman's relationship with Nobu.
10. Explain how Sayuri gets her new name.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In looking back on her life as an older woman in New York, Sayuri talks about change as well as constants throughout her life. Explain which things these are and describe Sayuri's view of how her life has changed over time.
Essay Topic 2
Explain in detail why her first meeting with the Chairman is a significant experience for Chiyo and describe what she decides to do based on this meeting.
Essay Topic 3
Describe how Arthur Golden uses symbols to further the plot in chapters 9 and 10 when Chiyo is trying to decide what to do with her future. Back up your description with several examples from the text, such as Chiyo's dream of the old man opening the window, the dead moth, the several wrapped packages, or Mameha's consultation of the almanac.
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