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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 60-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame Blanche say about Japan?
(a) That, if she returns to Japan, she is a dead woman.
(b) That she would prefer to forget Japan.
(c) That she loves Japan, but cannot return.
(d) That she was sent away from Japan and cannot return.

2. Who is the youngest daughter named after?
(a) Helene's mother.
(b) The Mother Mary.
(c) Joncour's mother.
(d) Saint Agnes.

3. What does Joncour notice about the other passengers on the train as he travels home from his fourth trip to Japan?
(a) The passengers are sweating.
(b) The passengers are Japanese.
(c) The passengers look strange to him.
(d) The passengers are older.

4. Where do the two Italians get good eggs from?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Syria.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

5. What happens to Joncour's neighbor in the end?
(a) His wife and daughters leave him and he dies.
(b) He moves in with Helene and Joncour.
(c) His wife puts him away in a hospital for the insane.
(d) His daughters take care of him until he dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herve Joncour's father want him to do for a living?

2. What year is it when the novel begins?

3. What does the Frenchman, Chardonnet, do?

4. Where did Baldabiou first see Joncour?

5. When asked about the war in Japan, how does Joncour respond?

(see the answer key)

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