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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his later years, what does Joncour never do?
(a) He never travels and never leaves his house.
(b) He lives in a villa at the beach on the Riviera.
(c) He moves to China.
(d) He travels to Japan many times trying to find the mistress.

2. What does Joncour hear when the procession with the mistress goes by him?
(a) The sound of gunfire.
(b) The fabric in the wind.
(c) The music of the musical instrument.
(d) Bells.

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

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

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

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

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

8. When Joncour tells Baldabiou about the mistress, what does he say?
(a) Her hair was so beautiful.
(b) He never heard her voice.
(c) He loved her voice.
(d) Her eyes were green.

9. What do the letters say that are sent to Joncour after his last trip to Japan?
(a) They tell Joncour to beware.
(b) They are love letters.
(c) They tell Joncour to love his wife.
(d) They are a statement of accounts for Joncour.

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

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

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

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

14. Where does Joncour say the eggs hatched on his return fourth trip from Japan?
(a) Japan.
(b) Eberfield.
(c) Somewhere in northern China.
(d) Lake Baikal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joncour find on Helene's grave 2 months after she dies?

2. What is in the sink at the house that Joncour buys?

3. What event are Helene and Joncour invited to on the Riviera?

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

5. Who makes the decision to go back to Japan for the fourth trip?

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