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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 present does the mistress have for Joncour after the party at Hara Kei's house?
(a) A young Asian girl.
(b) Tea.
(c) Mulberry leaves.
(d) Hot towels.

2. Who discourages commercial trade with Japan after Joncour's second trip?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Joncour.
(c) Baldabieu.
(d) The French consulate.

3. What happens in Japan after Joncour's second trip?
(a) The harbors are closed for good.
(b) A civil war begins.
(c) The country is split into two distinct sides.
(d) The silk worms get disease.

4. As Joncour stands on the side of the road with the boy, and the procession is leaving, what does Hara Kei do to Joncour?
(a) Holds a gun to his head.
(b) Throws arrows at him.
(c) Throws the girl at him.
(d) Hits him across the face.

5. Where is the envelope from?
(a) Ciaro.
(b) Luxemborg.
(c) Ostend.
(d) Kiev.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the fourth trip to Japan, how does Joncour finally get silk eggs?

2. When Hara Kei was a child, his father told him to shoot an arrow into the air. What was Hara Hei supposed to do after that?

3. What does Madame Blanche do for a living?

4. Five years after Baldabiou arrived on the scene, how many silk factories were established in the town?

5. With whom does Joncour negotiate the sale of silk eggs the first time?

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