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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joncour gets off the train and opens the eggs on his way home on the fourth trip, what does he find?
(a) Millions of larvae dead.
(b) All the eggs smashed.
(c) The eggs are fine.
(d) The eggs are gone.

2. Who makes the decision to go back to Japan for the fourth trip?
(a) Helene.
(b) The silk manufacturers.
(c) Baldabiou.
(d) Joncour.

3. On the fourth trip to Japan, how does Joncour finally get silk eggs?
(a) He bribes a Japanese official.
(b) He bribes an army official.
(c) He buys them in China.
(d) He buys them from Hara Kei.

4. What does Joncour say to Hara Kei on the fourth trip when he makes his offer?
(a) "I can get you to France."
(b) "War is an expensive game. You need me. I need you."
(c) "I will buy the girl."
(d) "It is real gold."

5. What does the Frenchman, Chardonnet, do?
(a) Patents artificial silk.
(b) Develops a silkworm egg as good as Japan.
(c) Works with microscopes.
(d) Finds the silkworm disease.

6. What does Joncour pack the eggs in for his fourth trip home?
(a) His suitcases.
(b) Cardboard boxes.
(c) Barrels.
(d) Ice.

7. In his later years, what does Joncour do once a year?
(a) Returns to Japan.
(b) Returns to Madame Blanche.
(c) Returns to Helene's grave.
(d) Tours the silk mills.

8. What does Joncour offer Hara Kei when he catches up to him on the fourth trip?
(a) Gold.
(b) That he will take the mistress and care for her.
(c) Silk eggs.
(d) Food.

9. When the boy appears in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what does he give to Joncour?
(a) An exotic bird.
(b) Mulberry bark.
(c) Joncour's glove.
(d) A blue flower.

10. On the way home on the third trip, how long does it take Joncour to arrive home?
(a) 41 days.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 months.

11. How many days does Joncour wait for Hara Kei's emissary on the fourth trip?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 41 days.
(d) 1 month.

12. To Hara Kei, what is the boy who helps Joncour find the procession?
(a) He is the message of love.
(b) He is a spirit to be ignored.
(c) He is the devil.
(d) He is life itself.

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

14. Why does Baldabiou NOT want to send Joncour back to Japan for a fourth trip?
(a) Because it's so dangerous.
(b) Because he is in love with Helene.
(c) Because he does not want to pay him.
(d) Because he knows Joncour is having an affair.

15. Where is the event held that Helene and Joncour attend on the Riviera?
(a) On the beach.
(b) At the Hotel Nice.
(c) At the Hotel Suisse.
(d) In the Piazza Restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rumors about Joncour when he returns from Japan the fourth time?

2. What does Joncour do in the house he buys?

3. What does Baldabiou think Joncour is doing with the house he buys?

4. Why is Joncour drawn to the light on the lake, and what does he think it is?

5. For the letters to be translated, Joncour must promise what?

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