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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 is Helene's most beautiful attribute?
(a) She has beautiful feet.
(b) She has a beautiful voice.
(c) She has a beautiful face.
(d) She has beautiful hair.

2. How does Joncour view life?
(a) He likes to observe life, but not participate.
(b) He likes to cook on the weekends.
(c) He likes to sit and read to his wife.
(d) He likes to participate in life fully.

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

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

5. Where does Joncour live?
(a) In England.
(b) In a house outside of Lavilledieu.
(c) In a villa at the beach.
(d) Over a coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Joncour negotiate the sale of silk eggs the first time?

2. What year is it when the novel begins?

3. What does Baldabiou observe about the silkworm trade in 1861?

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

5. What does Joncour enjoy in life?

(see the answer key)

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