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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 problem does Sayuri have in trying to pour tea for the Chairman in chapter 17?

2. How does Mameha say Sayuri can make a good impression on Nobu?

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

4. What does Mameha tell her maid to do with Chiyo when she sees her the first time after a long absence?

5. Why does Mameha say Mother won't adopt Hatsumomo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mameha get Dr. Crab to take notice of Sayuri?

3. Explain what Sayuri says in chapter 15 at the time of her debut about how she is beginning to feel about Hatsumomo's beauty.

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

5. Explain how Sayuri gets her new name.

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

7. What does Mameha tell Chiyo at the beginning of chapter 12 to do in regards to Hatsumomo?

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

9. What does Chiyo infer that Mameha is planning to do in regards to Hatsumomo, based on the conversation they have at Mameha's apartment in chapter 10?

10. What is the apprentice's award?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Explain what is meant by the term "self-made man", which characteristics such a person might have, and why the characters of both Nobu and the Chairman fit into this category.

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