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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Helene vacations with her husband in the villa by the sea, what does she think it will do?
(a) Help her to feel younger.
(b) Help her husband's melancholy humor.
(c) Help her to have a baby.
(d) Help her to forget Baldabiou.

2. Who lives across the street from Joncour?
(a) Baldabieu.
(b) Helene's family.
(c) His father.
(d) Jean Berbeck.

3. When Joncour and the boy catch up to the procession of Hara Kei, what travels behind Hara Kei?
(a) A litter with brightly-colored fabrics.
(b) A colored carriage.
(c) A bed.
(d) Horses.

4. What does Joncour do for the rest of the year when he's not working?
(a) He reads to his wife.
(b) He writes on his novel.
(c) He plays with his children.
(d) He rests.

5. 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 not the way he expected.
(d) That it was terrible.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Hara Kei, what is the boy who helps Joncour find the procession?

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

3. When does Joncour go to his park and sit by the lake?

4. How long was Japan cut off from the rest of the world?

5. How many girls do Helene and Joncour have?

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