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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shimamura suppose Yoko thinks of Komako?
(a) That Komako is a good friend.
(b) That Komako is a disgrace.
(c) That Komako is untrustworthy.
(d) That Komako is a role-model.

2. How does Komako practice music?
(a) With a tutor.
(b) By listening to recordings.
(c) With another geisha.
(d) From scores.

3. What time in the morning is it when Komako enters Shimamura's room "dead drunk"?
(a) Four o'clock.
(b) Three o'clock.
(c) One o'clock.
(d) Six o'clock.

4. 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 loves Shimamura.
(c) That she is going home
(d) That she doesn't feel well.

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) An elderly woman carrying parcels of food.
(c) A mother and her children.
(d) A middle-aged man and a young woman.

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

7. Where did the food come from that the innkeeper's wife is warming?
(a) The food was prepared by geisha.
(b) The food was donated by a church.
(c) The food was brought to the inn from Komako's house.
(d) The food is leftover from a celebration.

8. 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) A year and a half.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six Months.

9. While in his room, whose voice does Shimamura hear calling to Komako from the hallway?
(a) A maid's.
(b) Yoko's.
(c) The innkeeper's.
(d) The music teacher's.

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

11. Who is Kikuyu?
(a) The music teacher.
(b) Shimamura's wife.
(c) Komako's sister.
(d) A geisha who has left town.

12. What does Komako apparently stop trying to do when staying at Shimamura's?
(a) Snoring.
(b) Leaving before daybreak.
(c) Sitting on the floor.
(d) Drinking too much alcohol

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

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

15. What do children build out of snow during the February festival?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dragons.
(c) People.
(d) A snow palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Komako excuse herself from the cemetery to do?

2. Who does Shimamura hear Komako discussing her fee with?

3. How many geisha serve the thirty guests of the party that Komako works at?

4. Which of Yoko's features is Komako certain Shimamura likes?

5. What obstacle can the drunken Komako not believe she surpassed on her own to reach Shimamura's room?

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