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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What plant do the silk eggs live on as they hatch?
(a) Pin Oak tree bark.
(b) Palm tree branches.
(c) Raspberry leaves.
(d) Mulberry leaves.

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

4. What does Joncour do first when he arrives back at his home?
(a) Goes to High Mass.
(b) Goes to Nice.
(c) Goes to see Baldabieu.
(d) Goes to his garden.

5. How many years ago did Baldabiou come to town?
(a) 10 years.
(b) He arrived this year.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 8 years ago.

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

7. Other than money, what does Joncour have for his trip to Japan?
(a) The names of 3 men: a Chinaman, Dutchman and Japanese man.
(b) A good map.
(c) His luggage.
(d) Passage already booked ahead of time.

8. How long was Japan cut off from the rest of the world?
(a) A century.
(b) 200 years.
(c) A decade.
(d) 20 years.

9. After Hara Kei's mistress dries off Joncour after his bath, what does she put in his hand?
(a) A silk egg.
(b) A piece of silk.
(c) A small bird.
(d) A note with Japanese writing.

10. What is Madame Blanche's street address?
(a) 12th street.
(b) 6416 Blanchard St.
(c) 12 rue Moscot.
(d) 18 rue de Monico.

11. Where does Joncour live?
(a) In England.
(b) In a house outside of Lavilledieu.
(c) Over a coffee shop.
(d) In a villa at the beach.

12. What does Hara Kei tell Joncour about the eggs that were sold to him by the other man?
(a) They're fake eggs.
(b) They're diseased eggs.
(c) They came from Egypt.
(d) They're fish eggs.

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

14. What did Baldabiou build next to the silk factory after arriving in town?
(a) A road.
(b) A gym.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A chapel.

15. What kind of equipment does the scientist hired by the silk manufacturers use to look at he diseased silkworms?
(a) A stethoscope.
(b) A microscope.
(c) A camera.
(d) Surgical equipment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joncour give to Helene when he returns from Japan on his first trip?

2. What does the couple agree should be the name of their child, if they have a boy?

3. To whom did Baldabiou dedicate the building next to the silk factory?

4. Where is the mistress standing when Joncour arrives at Hara Kei's house on the third trip?

5. What work does the Englishman do that Joncour meets in the Japanese village?

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