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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?
(a) He does not make very much money.
(b) He is the wealthiest man in town.
(c) He is poor by city standards.
(d) A good living.

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

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

4. What happens every time Hara Kei appears?
(a) The servants disappear.
(b) The servants follow him.
(c) He is always dressed in red.
(d) He has the mistress with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Joncour wearing the first time Baldabiou saw him?

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

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

5. Who was Joncour's dad?

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