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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature(s) does Shimamura's wife refer to in her warning about the season?
(a) Moths.
(b) Forest spirits.
(c) Rats.
(d) A Dragon.

2. What does Komoko say a woman on her own can always do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Find a roommate.
(c) Depend on her friends.
(d) Make a living for herself.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song do children sing during the February festival?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Komako's samisen delivered to the inn?

2. Why does Komako not want to visit Yukio's grave?

3. What is the content of the first note Komako sends to Shimamura, and who does she have deliver it?

4. Why does Shimamura make his third trip to the resort town?

5. What do Shimamura and Komako do the night before he is to leave for Tokyo?

6. At the time of Shimamura's return in Part 2, what is Komako's financial situation like?

7. What is Komako's reaction to the news that Yukio is dying?

8. Describe the peddler that Shimamura meets.

9. Who has Komako signed a geisha contract with and where does she live?

10. What occupation did Yoko once consider, and why did she give it up?

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