Silk Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Alessandro Baricco
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 162 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Silk Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Alessandro Baricco
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 162 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of silkworm eggs does Joncour buy in 1861?
(a) Eggs from China.
(b) Bad eggs.
(c) Very healthy eggs.
(d) Good eggs from France.

2. What was Joncour wearing the first time Baldabiou saw him?
(a) Shorts.
(b) Work overalls.
(c) A uniform.
(d) A suit.

3. What happens to the town of Lavilledieu when the silk eggs fail?
(a) The town has a High Mass to pray for a better year.
(b) It hurts the town financially.
(c) It has little effect on the town, as farming is the main producer.
(d) The town dies completely.

4. What did Herve Joncour's father want him to do for a living?
(a) Be a baker.
(b) Have a career in the army.
(c) Be a silk manufacturer.
(d) Be mayor.

5. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?
(a) The plague.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Pebrine silkworm disease.
(d) The silk-manufacturing business.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joncour view life?

2. Where did Baldabiou first see Joncour?

3. How many years ago did Baldabiou come to town?

4. How far does Joncour travel for eggs on his first trip outside of Europe?

5. When Joncour asks Baldabiou where Japan is, what does Baldabiou say?

(see the answer key)

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