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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.
(b) To return early.
(c) To stay if he wants to.
(d) To go through China.

2. As Joncour and the boy travel from the burned village of Hara Kei, what are people doing in the villages?
(a) Making food out in the open.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Hiding in their houses.
(d) Running out to greet them.

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

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

5. What does Joncour pack the eggs in for his fourth trip home?
(a) Ice.
(b) Cardboard boxes.
(c) Barrels.
(d) His suitcases.

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

7. When Joncour sees his wife flirt with the Englishman, what happens to him?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He trembles.
(d) He becomes depressed.

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

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

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

11. Who could Baldabiou NOT tell a lie to about Joncour wanting to go to Japan for the fourth trip?
(a) Helene.
(b) Joncour.
(c) Madame Blanche.
(d) The mistress.

12. Why does Baldabiou NOT want to send Joncour back to Japan for a fourth trip?
(a) Because he knows Joncour is having an affair.
(b) Because he does not want to pay him.
(c) Because it's so dangerous.
(d) Because he is in love with Helene.

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

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

15. Who is the youngest daughter named after?
(a) Helene's mother.
(b) Joncour's mother.
(c) Saint Agnes.
(d) The Mother Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boy playing who accompanies Joncour to find Hara Kei on the fourth trip to Japan?

2. Where does Joncour take the letter to be translated?

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

4. As Joncour stands on the side of the road with the boy, and the procession is leaving, what does Hara Kei do to Joncour?

5. Where does Joncour say the eggs hatched on his return fourth trip from Japan?

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