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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joncour drop by the dress as he leaves the lake?
(a) A glove.
(b) Money.
(c) A letter.
(d) A scarf.

2. What does Hara Kei always call Joncour?
(a) My friend in crime.
(b) My mistress' love.
(c) My foreign friend.
(d) My French friend.

3. What does Baldabiou observe about the silkworm trade in 1861?
(a) That he can make a forture swindling people for silk eggs.
(b) That Africa is not affected.
(c) That "nearly" all the eggs were affected by disease, but not all.
(d) That the making of silk may be over for good.

4. What did Herve Joncour's father want him to do for a living?
(a) Be mayor.
(b) Be a silk manufacturer.
(c) Be a baker.
(d) Have a career in the army.

5. What happens to Joncour's neighbor, initially?
(a) He gardens all the time.
(b) He decides to stop speaking.
(c) He is violent with his wife.
(d) He goes blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baldabiou first see Joncour?

2. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?

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

4. What would happen to the Japanese if they immigrated?

5. What happens every time Hara Kei appears?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joncour arrive in Hara Kei's village on foot? What message is he sending to the mistress?

2. What happens every time Hara Kei appears? Who leaves? Is this by design? Why do you think that?

3. When Hara Kei asks Joncour who he is, what does he tell him? Why does he give so much detail? Is it necessary to tell the whole truth? Why does Joncour do this?

4. How much of the year does Joncour work? How much time does he have for leisure? Describe his work routine.

5. When Hara Kei tells Joncour that the mistress "doesn't speak your language", is he referring to more that French? What is he trying to tell Joncour?

6. What is the symbolism of the exotic birds kept caged at the house of Hara Kei? What does this tell Joncour? What else does Joncour see at Hara Kei's house?

7. When the silkworm disease begins to spread in the early 1860s, Baldabiou observes that "nearly" all of the eggs are affected. What is he thinking? Where is he thinking of buying eggs?

8. Why are the silkworms of Japan not affected by disease? What is their history of trade?

9. When Joncour meets the Englishman in Japan who is selling guns, he asks about the girl. What is the Englishman's reply? Do you think the Englishman has seen the girl? Do you think he knows more than he is saying? What?

10. Why does Baldabiou share the secrets of silk? What does this say about Baldabiou?

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