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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the rumors about Joncour when he returns from Japan the fourth time?
(a) That he is wealthy because Hara Kei gave him money.
(b) That he is crazy.
(c) The rumors range from swindler to saint.
(d) That he left his wife.

3. What is the Englishman, who sits next to Helene at the event, wearing in his lapel?
(a) Little blue flowers.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A diamond watch.

4. How many days does Joncour wait for Hara Kei's emissary on the fourth trip?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 41 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 1 month.

5. What is the boy playing who accompanies Joncour to find Hara Kei on the fourth trip to Japan?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A reed instrument.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) A harmonica.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who builds Joncour's park?

3. What are the caged animals at the entrance to Hara Kei's house meant to signify?

4. When Joncour arrives in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what, in his mind, does he see?

5. What does Joncour do in the house he buys?

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