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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 happens to the silk eggs in Europe at the beginning of the novel?
(a) They stop growing in France.
(b) The human plague virus attacks them.
(c) They are all given away to China.
(d) An epidemic hits and kills the eggs.

2. What did Baldabiou show the mayor when he first arrived in town?
(a) Silkworm eggs.
(b) A silk-manufacturing plant.
(c) A silk scarf.
(d) A silk tunic.

3. What does Joncour do for the rest of the year when he's not working?
(a) He plays with his children.
(b) He writes on his novel.
(c) He reads to his wife.
(d) He rests.

4. Who bands together to pay for Joncour's expedition to Japan?
(a) All of the silk manufacturers.
(b) The king.
(c) The mayor and other politicians.
(d) The entire town.

5. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?
(a) The silk-manufacturing business.
(b) The plague.
(c) Pebrine silkworm disease.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years ago did Baldabiou come to town?

2. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?

3. By Imperial Decree, how many masts could a ship have sailing into Japan's harbors?

4. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?

5. Who lives across the street from Joncour?

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