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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Joncour's dad?
(a) The mayor.
(b) A silk manufacturer.
(c) A smuggler.
(d) The king.

2. What is happening in America at the beginning of the novel?
(a) George Washington is President.
(b) The pilgrims are landing at Plymouth.
(c) Aircraft is being built.
(d) The Civil War.

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 "nearly" all the eggs were affected by disease, but not all.
(c) That the making of silk may be over for good.
(d) That Africa is not affected.

4. When Baldabiou returned to the mayor with the money made from the factories, what did he call the mayor?
(a) A blockhead.
(b) A fool.
(c) A genius.
(d) An idiot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Five years after Baldabiou arrived on the scene, how many silk factories were established in the town?

3. How far away is China from Japan?

4. Who bands together to pay for Joncour's expedition to Japan?

5. Who came to Japan in 1853?

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