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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Komako have for saying she hates people from Tokyo?
(a) They have no respect for the town's locals.
(b) They always lie.
(c) They always her.
(d) They think they are clever.

2. What does Shimamura's wife say he should take care of in her warning about the season?
(a) His eating habits.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His bathing habits.
(d) His health.

3. What is the purpose of the town's February festival?
(a) To bless local wildlife.
(b) To ward off evil.
(c) To welcome the new year.
(d) To usher in spring.

4. Where was Komako sent to become a geisha?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Osaka.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Kyoto.

5. What skill does Komako tell Shimamura she has one night?
(a) Kite-flying.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Drawing.

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

7. Who is Saichiro?
(a) Yoko's brother.
(b) A guest at the inn.
(c) Komako's patron.
(d) The town doctor.

8. What does Komako think Shimamura should do the day following the festival?
(a) Explore the countryside.
(b) Visit Yoko.
(c) Take a walk with her.
(d) Return to Tokyo.

9. In Part One, what does Shimamura discover one morning when he awakes?
(a) He has missed the train to Tokyo.
(b) Komako is still in his room.
(c) A bird is in his room.
(d) His belongings have been stolen.

10. How many geisha serve the thirty guests of the party that Komako works at?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

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

12. Who saw Komako off when she left for geisha training?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Only Yukio.
(c) Only Yoko.
(d) Only the music teacher.

13. How long does Komako say it has been since Shimamura last visited the resort town when he returns at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) Two years.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Six Months.
(d) One year.

14. What does Komako say repeatedly when she and Shimamura return to his room after their night out?
(a) That she doesn't want Shimamura to go back to Tokyo.
(b) That she doesn't feel well.
(c) That she is going home
(d) That she loves Shimamura.

15. What is Komako told about Yukio at the train station?
(a) That he is marrying Yoko.
(b) That he is asking to see her.
(c) That Yukio is dying.
(d) That he has recovered from his illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does Komako say she enjoys?

2. While in his room, whose voice does Shimamura hear calling to Komako from the hallway?

3. On the night of the festival, who asks Shimamura whether he ever worries about other people's problems?

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

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

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