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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who makes the decision to go back to Japan for the fourth trip?
(a) The silk manufacturers.
(b) Baldabiou.
(c) Joncour.
(d) Helene.

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

5. What is the Englishman, who sits next to Helene at the event, wearing in his lapel?
(a) A diamond watch.
(b) Little blue flowers.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A gold watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame Blanche say the note reads?

2. Where does Madame Blanche live?

3. Who could Baldabiou NOT tell a lie to about Joncour wanting to go to Japan for the fourth trip?

4. When Baldabiou returned to the mayor with the money made from the factories, what did he call the mayor?

5. When asked about the war in Japan, how does Joncour respond?

(see the answer key)

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