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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hara Kei take Joncour to the top of the hill to see?
(a) The view.
(b) The harbor.
(c) The bluebirds.
(d) The house.

2. Five years after Baldabiou arrived on the scene, how many silk factories were established in the town?
(a) 1.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 5.

3. When Helene vacations with her husband in the villa by the sea, what does she think it will do?
(a) Help her to feel younger.
(b) Help her to forget Baldabiou.
(c) Help her husband's melancholy humor.
(d) Help her to have a baby.

4. What does Joncour do in the house he buys?
(a) He empties it out.
(b) He re-paints.
(c) He sits.
(d) He cleans it up.

5. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?
(a) "Invisible."
(b) "Incredible."
(c) "Exotic."
(d) "Lost."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Madame Blanche live?

2. What is Joncour wearing on the last leg of the journey into Japan?

3. What day does Joncour leave for his fourth trip to Japan?

4. With whom does Joncour negotiate the sale of silk eggs the first time?

5. What happens to the town of Lavilledieu when the silk eggs fail?

(see the answer key)

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