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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Helene's most beautiful attribute?
(a) She has a beautiful face.
(b) She has beautiful hair.
(c) She has a beautiful voice.
(d) She has beautiful feet.

2. With whom does Joncour negotiate the sale of silk eggs the first time?
(a) A Japanese official.
(b) A man he meets in the harbor of Japan.
(c) The mistress of Hara Kei.
(d) A man masked by black silk.

3. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?
(a) In a small one-mast Chinese ship.
(b) On a Dutch smuggler's ship.
(c) He swims.
(d) In a canoe.

4. What animal sculpture does Baldabiou want in the middle of his garden?
(a) A sphinx.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) A tiger.

5. Where does Madame Blanche live?
(a) Rome.
(b) Nimes.
(c) London.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens every time Hara Kei appears?

2. When Joncour asks the Englishman about the woman with Hara Kei, what does he say?

3. What does Baldabiou observe about the silkworm trade in 1861?

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

5. What is the lake along the Chinese border that Joncour passes on his trip to Japan?

(see the answer key)

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