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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 is happening in America at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The pilgrims are landing at Plymouth.
(c) George Washington is President.
(d) Aircraft is being built.

2. What year is it when the novel begins?
(a) 1761.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1910.

3. What happens to Joncour's neighbor in the end?
(a) His wife and daughters leave him and he dies.
(b) His daughters take care of him until he dies.
(c) His wife puts him away in a hospital for the insane.
(d) He moves in with Helene and Joncour.

4. What happens to the silk eggs in Europe at the beginning of the novel?
(a) An epidemic hits and kills the eggs.
(b) They stop growing in France.
(c) The human plague virus attacks them.
(d) They are all given away to China.

5. To whom did Baldabiou dedicate the building next to the silk factory?
(a) Saint Cecilia.
(b) Helene.
(c) The Holy Mother Mary.
(d) Saint Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to Japan in 1853?

2. What did Baldabiou ask Joncour about when he returned from Egypt?

3. What was Joncour wearing the first time Baldabiou saw him?

4. Five years after Baldabiou arrived on the scene, how many silk factories were established in the town?

5. What kind of fleet of ships did the Americans bring to Japan?

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