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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50-51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame Blanche say the note reads?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "I miss you."
(c) "Come back or I shall die."
(d) "I need you."

2. Who could Baldabiou NOT tell a lie to about Joncour wanting to go to Japan for the fourth trip?
(a) The mistress.
(b) Joncour.
(c) Helene.
(d) Madame Blanche.

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

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

5. When, according to Joncour, should birds be released from an aviary?
(a) When the birds are mature.
(b) When the afternoon sun looks red.
(c) When something wonderful happens.
(d) When the tide turns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal sculpture does Baldabiou want in the middle of his garden?

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

3. Who do the silk manufacturers of Lavilledieu hire to examine the silkworm disease?

4. What does Louis Pasteur decide about the silk egg production in Chapter 41?

5. As Joncour and the boy travel from the burned village of Hara Kei, what are people doing in the villages?

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