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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the mistress sees Joncour at the party?
(a) She smiles at him.
(b) She runs into his arms.
(c) Their eyes meet across the room.
(d) She walks over to speak to him.

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

3. How far does Joncour travel for eggs on his first trip outside of Europe?
(a) 1500 miles.
(b) 1600 miles by sea and 800 miles over land.
(c) 3000 miles for 4 months.
(d) 500 miles to London, England.

4. What does the piano player say after the end of each song?
(a) "Bonjour."
(b) "Pennies from heaven."
(c) "Voila."
(d) "I shall die."

5. What is Joncour wearing on the last leg of the journey into Japan?
(a) Dark glasses.
(b) A blindfold.
(c) A suit.
(d) A shirt and shorts.

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

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

8. What does Helene do with the gift that Joncour gives her after his first trip to Japan?
(a) She wears it all the time.
(b) She puts it in a trunk for her daughter.
(c) She never wears it.
(d) She wears it to parties.

9. What does Madame Blanche do for a living?
(a) Runs a chocolate store.
(b) Runs a clothing store.
(c) Owns a silk mill.
(d) Runs a brothel.

10. On what ship did Joncour sail to Egypt?
(a) Adel.
(b) Egyptian Palm.
(c) Nefretiti.
(d) Attribute.

11. What is happening in America at the beginning of the novel?
(a) George Washington is President.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) Aircraft is being built.
(d) The pilgrims are landing at Plymouth.

12. What animal sculpture does Baldabiou want in the middle of his garden?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A sphinx.
(d) A snake.

13. Where does Madame Blanche live?
(a) Rome.
(b) Japan.
(c) London.
(d) Nimes.

14. What happens to Joncour's neighbor, initially?
(a) He goes blind.
(b) He is violent with his wife.
(c) He decides to stop speaking.
(d) He gardens all the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Joncour wearing the first time Baldabiou saw him?

2. What present does the mistress have for Joncour after the party at Hara Kei's house?

3. When Baldabiou returned to the mayor with the money made from the factories, what did he call the mayor?

4. What work does the Englishman do that Joncour meets in the Japanese village?

5. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?

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