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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Joncour have for his trip to Japan?
(a) 20 yen.
(b) 10,000 dollars.
(c) One million francs.
(d) 80,000 francs in gold.

2. When asked about the war in Japan, how does Joncour respond?
(a) That it was peaceful.
(b) That it was silent.
(c) That it was terrible.
(d) That it was not the way he expected.

3. With whom does Baldabiou play billiards?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Helene.
(c) Joncour.
(d) Himself.

4. What does the couple agree should be the name of their child, if they have a boy?
(a) Gerard.
(b) Jean.
(c) Joncour.
(d) Phillippe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What business is downstairs that Madame Blanche also owns?

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

3. What does Baldabiou think Joncour is doing with the house he buys?

4. What does Joncour find when he arrives at the port of Shirakawa on his fourth (last) trip to Japan?

5. How long does Joncour stay at the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, surveying the damage?

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