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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helene do with the gift that Joncour gives her after his first trip to Japan?
(a) She wears it all the time.
(b) She never wears it.
(c) She puts it in a trunk for her daughter.
(d) She wears it to parties.

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

3. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?
(a) In a canoe.
(b) On a Dutch smuggler's ship.
(c) In a small one-mast Chinese ship.
(d) He swims.

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

5. Who came to Japan in 1853?
(a) The Manchurians.
(b) Commodore Matthew C. Perry.
(c) A delagation from India.
(d) President Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the silk eggs in Europe at the beginning of the novel?

2. What animal sculpture does Baldabiou want in the middle of his garden?

3. What happens to the town of Lavilledieu when the silk eggs fail?

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

5. What did Baldabiou build next to the silk factory after arriving in town?

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