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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 occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past?
(a) To be a writer.
(b) To be a doctor.
(c) To be a nurse.
(d) To be a teacher.

2. What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her?
(a) To leave his wife.
(b) To visit her on February fourteenth.
(c) To never come back to the resort town.
(d) To write her letters.

3. How does Shimamura feel as he descends the mountain?
(a) He is stressed.
(b) He is out of control.
(c) He is worried.
(d) He is happy.

4. Why does Komako have to leave Shimamura's room before daylight?
(a) So that she can watch the sun rise.
(b) So that no one will see her face.
(c) So that she will not be late for work.
(d) So that Shimamura can sleep in.

5. What are Komako's feelings about visiting the cemetery?
(a) Komako is unwilling to go.
(b) Komako is indifferent about going.
(c) Komako is relieved to finally go.
(d) Komako is agreeable to going.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do children build out of snow during the February festival?

2. Why does Komako blame Shimamura for sleeping with her?

3. What does Yoko tell Shimamura she feels about Komako?

4. What does Shimamura become "strangely reluctant" to do after he learns of Yoko's new job?

5. Who saw Komako off when she left for geisha training?

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