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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the party, who is waiting for Joncour outside of his house?
(a) Helene.
(b) A man with 15 sheets of mulberry bark covered with eggs.
(c) The mistress.
(d) Hara Kei.

2. When Joncour and the boy catch up to the procession of Hara Kei, what travels behind Hara Kei?
(a) Horses.
(b) A bed.
(c) A litter with brightly-colored fabrics.
(d) A colored carriage.

3. When Helene vacations with her husband in the villa by the sea, what does she think it will do?
(a) Help her to forget Baldabiou.
(b) Help her to have a baby.
(c) Help her husband's melancholy humor.
(d) Help her to feel younger.

4. When Baldabiou leaves, what does he give to Joncour?
(a) His house.
(b) His silk jacket.
(c) 2 silk mills.
(d) His billiards table.

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

6. Where does Joncour take the letter to be translated?
(a) Madame Blanche's.
(b) China.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Paris.

7. As Joncour stands on the side of the road with the boy, and the procession is leaving, what does Hara Kei do to Joncour?
(a) Holds a gun to his head.
(b) Throws arrows at him.
(c) Hits him across the face.
(d) Throws the girl at him.

8. What does Joncour find when he arrives at the port of Shirakawa on his fourth (last) trip to Japan?
(a) The water is too high and there is flooding.
(b) Half of the port is destroyed.
(c) The boats are all gone.
(d) All of the ships are crowded.

9. Why does Joncour travel north on his way home from the fourth trip to Japan?
(a) He doesn't want the heat to spoil the eggs.
(b) He wants to take more time to adjust to his loss.
(c) He knows he'll never come again, and wants different scenery.
(d) The north way is now safer than the southern route.

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

11. What advice does Madame Blanche give to Joncour about the letters?
(a) To return to Japan for the mistress.
(b) To take a long vacation.
(c) To shower his wife with gifts.
(d) To forget the mistress and be happy.

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

13. After his last trip to Japan, what is Joncour doing when Helene comes to kiss him goodnight?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Reading the note.
(c) Staring into space.
(d) Looking at the letter.

14. What does Joncour draw designs for after he buys the other house?
(a) An aviary.
(b) A garden.
(c) A chapel.
(d) A cloister.

15. The morning after Joncour catches up with Hara Kei's procession, what does he find?
(a) The boy hanging from a tree.
(b) The army killing the boy.
(c) The mistress hanging from a tree.
(d) Hara Kei hanging from a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Joncour buy?

2. After his last trip to Japan, how does the town view Joncour?

3. What does Joncour see when the procession with the mistress goes by him?

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

5. When Joncour asks about Hara Kei the morning after the party, what is he told?

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