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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Mulberry leaves.
(c) Hot towels.
(d) Tea.

2. What business is downstairs that Madame Blanche also owns?
(a) A cigar shop.
(b) A ticketing office for ships.
(c) A silk shop.
(d) A draper's shop.

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

4. Where is the party that Hara Kei holds and invites Joncour to on his third trip?
(a) In the village.
(b) On the beach.
(c) At Hara Kei's house.
(d) By the lake.

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

6. How often do the servants serve tea to Joncour at the house he stays at in Japan?
(a) Twice a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Three times a day.
(d) Once in the evening.

7. Once Europe has been exhausted of silk eggs, where does Joncour go for eggs first?
(a) America.
(b) China.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Syria and Egypt.

8. What happens every time Hara Kei appears?
(a) He has the mistress with him.
(b) The servants follow him.
(c) The servants disappear.
(d) He is always dressed in red.

9. In Chapter 8, what does Baldabiou drink with Joncour?
(a) Pernod.
(b) Burbon.
(c) Wine.
(d) Smash.

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

11. What was Joncour wearing the first time Baldabiou saw him?
(a) A uniform.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Work overalls.
(d) A suit.

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

13. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?
(a) The plague.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) The silk-manufacturing business.
(d) Pebrine silkworm disease.

14. To whom did Baldabiou dedicate the building next to the silk factory?
(a) Saint Agnes.
(b) Saint Cecilia.
(c) The Holy Mother Mary.
(d) Helene.

15. How many silk eggs can a person hold in their hand?
(a) Millions.
(b) 100.
(c) 1000s.
(d) Just 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the mistress hide the note when Joncour gives it back to her?

2. What happens to the town of Lavilledieu when the silk eggs fail?

3. When Joncour asks the Englishman about the woman with Hara Kei, what does he say?

4. What does Hara Kei take Joncour to the top of the hill to see?

5. At the house of Hara Kei, what does he have caged near the entrance?

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