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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Baldabiou dedicate the building next to the silk factory?
(a) The Holy Mother Mary.
(b) Saint Agnes.
(c) Saint Cecilia.
(d) Helene.

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

3. How does Joncour view life?
(a) He likes to cook on the weekends.
(b) He likes to observe life, but not participate.
(c) He likes to sit and read to his wife.
(d) He likes to participate in life fully.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?

2. Other than money, what does Joncour have for his trip to Japan?

3. What happens to Joncour's neighbor in the end?

4. When people ask Joncour about Africa, what does he say?

5. What kind of silkworm eggs does Joncour buy in 1861?

(see the answer key)

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