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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Joncour work with the eggs to prepare them for sale?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 7 days.
(d) Not at all.

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

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

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

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

7. What did Herve Joncour's father want him to do for a living?
(a) Be mayor.
(b) Have a career in the army.
(c) Be a silk manufacturer.
(d) Be a baker.

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

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

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

11. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?
(a) "Incredible."
(b) "Exotic."
(c) "Lost."
(d) "Invisible."

12. What does Madame Blanche say the note reads?
(a) "I miss you."
(b) "Come back or I shall die."
(c) "I need you."
(d) "I love you."

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

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

15. What kind of fleet of ships did the Americans bring to Japan?
(a) Ships with 12 masts.
(b) Gasoline-run ships.
(c) Large rowing ships.
(d) Steam-driven ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Imperial Decree, how many masts could a ship have sailing into Japan's harbors?

2. When Joncour asks Baldabiou where Japan is, what does Baldabiou say?

3. What does Baldabiou say it is like to hold Japanese silk?

4. Where does Joncour live?

5. What is Madame Blanche's street address?

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