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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joncour asks Baldabiou where Japan is, what does Baldabiou say?
(a) "Half-way around the world."
(b) "Where danger lives."
(c) "Right to the end of the world."
(d) "Where it smells like spices."

2. 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.

3. Five years after Baldabiou arrived on the scene, how many silk factories were established in the town?
(a) 5.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 1.

4. How long was Japan cut off from the rest of the world?
(a) 20 years.
(b) A century.
(c) 200 years.
(d) A decade.

5. What happens to Joncour's neighbor, initially?
(a) He is violent with his wife.
(b) He gardens all the time.
(c) He goes blind.
(d) He decides to stop speaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baldabiou first see Joncour?

2. What is the lake along the Chinese border that Joncour passes on his trip to Japan?

3. What does Joncour give to Helene when he returns from Japan on his first trip?

4. What is happening in America at the beginning of the novel?

5. What did Baldabiou ask Joncour about when he returned from Egypt?

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