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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mistress do before she leaves Joncour with his present?
(a) She kisses his hand and disappears into the night.
(b) She tells him to leave and never return.
(c) She asks if she can go with him.
(d) She tells him that she loves him.

2. 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.

3. What did Herve Joncour's father want him to do for a living?
(a) Be a silk manufacturer.
(b) Be mayor.
(c) Have a career in the army.
(d) Be a baker.

4. What does Joncour do first when he arrives back at his home?
(a) Goes to High Mass.
(b) Goes to his garden.
(c) Goes to Nice.
(d) Goes to see Baldabieu.

5. How long does Joncour work with the eggs to prepare them for sale?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) Not at all.
(d) 7 days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year is it when the novel begins?

3. Once Europe has been exhausted of silk eggs, where does Joncour go for eggs first?

4. What did Baldabiou do with all of his secrets about silk?

5. Who gives Joncour his bath?

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