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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louis Pasteur decide about the silk egg production in Chapter 41?
(a) He thinks that 30 percent of the eggs will be healthy.
(b) He tinks that 50 percent of the eggs will be bad.
(c) He thinks that he can cure the eggs.
(d) He thinks that it is hopeless.

2. When Joncour asks about Hara Kei the morning after the party, what is he told?
(a) That Hara Kei is collecting birds.
(b) That Hara Kei left the village with his entourage.
(c) That Hara Kei wants Joncour to leave.
(d) That Hara Kei went hunting.

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

4. What tone are the letters written in?
(a) A sexual tone.
(b) A bland tone.
(c) A happy tone.
(d) An excited tone.

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

6. What do the letters say at the end?
(a) "Have many children with your wife."
(b) "I am with Hara Kei now."
(c) "Go to the lake and think of me."
(d) "We will not see each other anymore."

7. For the letters to be translated, Joncour must promise what?
(a) That he'll never return.
(b) That he'll sleep with Madame Blanche.
(c) That he'll never ask about Japan.
(d) That he'll pay money.

8. 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) "It is real gold."
(d) "I will buy the girl."

9. After his last trip to Japan, how does the town view Joncour?
(a) He is the mayor.
(b) He is admired.
(c) He is a hero.
(d) He is shunned.

10. What is in the sink at the house that Joncour buys?
(a) Food.
(b) Dishes.
(c) Cleanser.
(d) Bugs.

11. Who builds Joncour's park?
(a) Polish workers.
(b) He hires Spanish architects and workers.
(c) Local builders.
(d) Out-of-work mill workers.

12. What does Joncour notice when his wife comes to kiss him goodnight?
(a) That her smile is vacant.
(b) That her nightgown falls open.
(c) That her eyes are brown.
(d) That her hair falls over her shoulder.

13. What does Baldabiou think Joncour is doing with the house he buys?
(a) That it is a good hobby.
(b) That he's happy at last.
(c) That he's looking for something.
(d) That he's going crazy.

14. What activities do Helene and Joncour do while staying at the villa?
(a) They gamble.
(b) They take carriage rides and explore the town.
(c) They dance the nights away.
(d) They sit on the shore and soak up the sun.

15. What does the opening of the Suez Canal do for the trip to Japan?
(a) From France to Japan now only takes 3 months.
(b) Makes the trip only 20 days long.
(c) Makes the trip rougher.
(d) Joncour can now take a boat the entire way.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boy appears in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what does he give to Joncour?

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

3. When Joncour leaves town on his third trip, what does he do on the way out of town?

4. Why does Baldabiou NOT want to send Joncour back to Japan for a fourth trip?

5. What does Joncour notice about the other passengers on the train as he travels home from his fourth trip to Japan?

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