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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Pages 65 - 87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Komako intend to do with her diary before she dies?
(a) Donate it to a museum.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Bury it.
(d) Give it to her children.

2. Why does the music teacher not teach Komako music?
(a) She has gone deaf.
(b) Komako dislikes the teacher.
(c) She dislikes Komako.
(d) She has had a stroke.

3. Who or what appears on Komako's list the most?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Shimamura.
(c) Romances.
(d) Horses.

4. What does Shimamura pretend to look at during his trip to the resort town?
(a) A poster.
(b) The scenery.
(c) His feet.
(d) A newspaper.

5. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves to go back to Tokyo at the end of Part One?
(a) A young man in a western-style suit.
(b) A mother and her children.
(c) An elderly woman carrying parcels of food.
(d) A middle-aged man and a young woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Komako's purpose in creating her catalog?

2. What reason does the old woman give for Komako having become a geisha?

3. After they sleep together, what does Komako believe Shimamura is laughing at?

4. What country is "Snow Country" set in?

5. What does Komako write in her diary?

(see the answer key)

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