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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Pages 108 - 139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Komako have Yoko deliver to Shimamura?
(a) A book about dancing.
(b) A boxed lunch.
(c) A bottle of sake.
(d) A note.

2. Why does Komako say she has come to Shimamura's room?
(a) Because she promised to.
(b) Because she feels comfortable there.
(c) Because she forgot something there.
(d) Because she missed Shimamura.

3. What can be said of Komako's mood when she is with Shimamura in the first half of Part One of the novel?
(a) Komako hides her moods.
(b) Komako is happy.
(c) Komako is depressed.
(d) Komako has mood swings.

4. Who says Shimamura asks questions he has no business asking?
(a) Shimamura's wife.
(b) Komako.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Kikuyu.

5. What does Shimamura wonder about when he's on the train?
(a) Whether the train will reach Tokyo on time
(b) Whether Yoko loves Yukio.
(c) Whether the weather will stay clear.
(d) Whether Yukio is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Komako call home to have delivered?

2. What sport does Komako say she enjoys?

3. What is the weather like outside on the night of Komako's visit to Shimamura's room?

4. When Yoko is sent to Shimamura's room a second time, where does Yoko tell him she intends to go?

5. Who or what appears on Komako's list the most?

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