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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When, according to Joncour, should birds be released from an aviary?
(a) When the tide turns.
(b) When the birds are mature.
(c) When something wonderful happens.
(d) When the afternoon sun looks red.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When does Joncour go to his park and sit by the lake?
(a) On windy days.
(b) Only after High Mass.
(c) On sunny days.
(d) Only in the Fall.

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

10. Where is Madame Blanche living at the end of the novel?
(a) London.
(b) The Riviera.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Paris.

11. When asked about the war in Japan, how does Joncour respond?
(a) That it was not the way he expected.
(b) That it was terrible.
(c) That it was silent.
(d) That it was peaceful.

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

13. What does Madame Blanche say about Japan?
(a) That she loves Japan, but cannot return.
(b) That, if she returns to Japan, she is a dead woman.
(c) That she would prefer to forget Japan.
(d) That she was sent away from Japan and cannot return.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the fourth trip to Japan, how does Joncour finally get silk eggs?

2. What does the opening of the Suez Canal do for the trip to Japan?

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

4. Where is the envelope from?

5. As Joncour and the boy travel from the burned village of Hara Kei, what are people doing in the villages?

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