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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helene ask Joncour to promise before he leaves for his fourth trip to Japan?
(a) To return early.
(b) To go through China.
(c) To stay if he wants to.
(d) To return.

2. What day does Joncour leave for his fourth trip to Japan?
(a) July 16th, 1890.
(b) June 10th, 1896.
(c) October 10, 1864.
(d) November 18th, 1869.

3. Which way do Joncour and the boy travel after the boy finds Joncour at the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

4. What does Hara Kei say to Joncour about the fate of the boy who led Joncour to Hara Kei's procession?
(a) That the boy loves the mistress.
(b) That men can be put to death for carrying a message of love.
(c) The musical instruments are too loud.
(d) That the boy belongs to the mistress.

5. What are the rumors about Joncour when he returns from Japan the fourth time?
(a) That he is crazy.
(b) That he left his wife.
(c) That he is wealthy because Hara Kei gave him money.
(d) The rumors range from swindler to saint.

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

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

8. Why is Joncour drawn to the light on the lake, and what does he think it is?
(a) His children.
(b) His life.
(c) His own light.
(d) His love.

9. What is the boy playing who accompanies Joncour to find Hara Kei on the fourth trip to Japan?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A reed instrument.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A guitar.

10. What does Joncour do in the house he buys?
(a) He re-paints.
(b) He cleans it up.
(c) He sits.
(d) He empties it out.

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

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

13. How many girls do Helene and Joncour have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

15. 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 thinks that he can cure the eggs.
(c) He thinks that it is hopeless.
(d) He tinks that 50 percent of the eggs will be bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after Joncour catches up with Hara Kei's procession, what does he find?

2. What does Joncour pack the eggs in for his fourth trip home?

3. Why does Joncour travel north on his way home from the fourth trip to Japan?

4. Who could Baldabiou NOT tell a lie to about Joncour wanting to go to Japan for the fourth trip?

5. When Joncour and the boy catch up to the procession of Hara Kei, what travels behind Hara Kei?

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