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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joncour say to Hara Kei on the fourth trip when he makes his offer?
(a) "I can get you to France."
(b) "I will buy the girl."
(c) "It is real gold."
(d) "War is an expensive game. You need me. I need you."

2. When Joncour leaves town on his third trip, what does he do on the way out of town?
(a) Shoots a sitting bird.
(b) Cries at the last sight of the village.
(c) Shoots his revolver into the air to scare the resting birds.
(d) Screams at the top of the hill into the air.

3. How many girls do Helene and Joncour have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. When the boy appears in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what does he give to Joncour?
(a) A blue flower.
(b) Mulberry bark.
(c) Joncour's glove.
(d) An exotic bird.

5. What advice does Madame Blanche give to Joncour about the letters?
(a) To shower his wife with gifts.
(b) To return to Japan for the mistress.
(c) To forget the mistress and be happy.
(d) To take a long vacation.

6. What is in the sink at the house that Joncour buys?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Cleanser.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Food.

7. What does the Frenchman, Chardonnet, do?
(a) Finds the silkworm disease.
(b) Develops a silkworm egg as good as Japan.
(c) Works with microscopes.
(d) Patents artificial silk.

8. Whose house does Joncour buy?
(a) His father's house.
(b) Jean Berbeck's.
(c) Helene's parents' house.
(d) Baldabiou.

9. What does the opening of the Suez Canal do for the trip to Japan?
(a) Joncour can now take a boat the entire way.
(b) Makes the trip only 20 days long.
(c) From France to Japan now only takes 3 months.
(d) Makes the trip rougher.

10. When Joncour asks about Hara Kei the morning after the party, what is he told?
(a) That Hara Kei went hunting.
(b) That Hara Kei wants Joncour to leave.
(c) That Hara Kei left the village with his entourage.
(d) That Hara Kei is collecting birds.

11. What does Louis Pasteur decide about the silk egg production in Chapter 41?
(a) He thinks that 30 percent of the eggs will be healthy.
(b) He tinks that 50 percent of the eggs will be bad.
(c) He thinks that he can cure the eggs.
(d) He thinks that it is hopeless.

12. What does Joncour find when he arrives at the port of Shirakawa on his fourth (last) trip to Japan?
(a) All of the ships are crowded.
(b) The water is too high and there is flooding.
(c) The boats are all gone.
(d) Half of the port is destroyed.

13. What does Baldabiou think Joncour is doing with the house he buys?
(a) That he's happy at last.
(b) That it is a good hobby.
(c) That he's looking for something.
(d) That he's going crazy.

14. For the letters to be translated, Joncour must promise what?
(a) That he'll sleep with Madame Blanche.
(b) That he'll pay money.
(c) That he'll never return.
(d) That he'll never ask about Japan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Englishman, who sits next to Helene at the event, wearing in his lapel?

2. Where is the envelope from?

3. What does Joncour hear when the procession with the mistress goes by him?

4. Where is Madame Blanche living at the end of the novel?

5. After his last trip to Japan, how does the town view Joncour?

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