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

2. What happens to Joncour's neighbor in the end?
(a) His wife and daughters leave him and he dies.
(b) His daughters take care of him until he dies.
(c) He moves in with Helene and Joncour.
(d) His wife puts him away in a hospital for the insane.

3. What does Joncour notice about the other passengers on the train as he travels home from his fourth trip to Japan?
(a) The passengers are sweating.
(b) The passengers are older.
(c) The passengers look strange to him.
(d) The passengers are Japanese.

4. What does Joncour give to Helene when he returns from Japan on his first trip?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A coat.
(c) A silken tunic.
(d) A blouse.

5. What are the caged animals at the entrance to Hara Kei's house meant to signify?
(a) The fidelity of Hara Kei's mistress.
(b) The beauty of the land.
(c) That Hara Kei's house is the most handsome.
(d) Hara Kei's wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Japan after Joncour's second trip?

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

3. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?

4. When Joncour sees his wife flirt with the Englishman, what happens to him?

5. As Joncour and the boy travel from the burned village of Hara Kei, what are people doing in the villages?

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