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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Madame Blanche's street address?
(a) 12th street.
(b) 18 rue de Monico.
(c) 12 rue Moscot.
(d) 6416 Blanchard St.

2. Once Europe has been exhausted of silk eggs, where does Joncour go for eggs first?
(a) America.
(b) China.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Syria and Egypt.

3. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?
(a) The plague.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Pebrine silkworm disease.
(d) The silk-manufacturing business.

4. Where is the party that Hara Kei holds and invites Joncour to on his third trip?
(a) At Hara Kei's house.
(b) In the village.
(c) On the beach.
(d) By the lake.

5. How far away is China from Japan?
(a) 1000 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 2000 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joncour arrive in Hara Kei's village on his third trip?

2. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?

3. Who bands together to pay for Joncour's expedition to Japan?

4. What did Baldabiou build next to the silk factory after arriving in town?

5. On what ship did Joncour sail to Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Joncour meets the Englishman in Japan who is selling guns, he asks about the girl. What is the Englishman's reply? Do you think the Englishman has seen the girl? Do you think he knows more than he is saying? What?

2. How is Helene described? What is her most important attribute?

3. For the third trip to Japan, who decides that Joncour should go? How much say does he have in this decision?

4. What is the symbolism of the exotic birds kept caged at the house of Hara Kei? What does this tell Joncour? What else does Joncour see at Hara Kei's house?

5. What does Helene do with the silk scarf her husband brings home to her? Why does she react that way? What do you think Helene senses about her husband?

6. Why does Madame Blanche tell Joncour that the girl will not die without him? Is she trying to help him? What does she know that he does not?

7. Do you think Joncour's feminine attributes played into his father's decision that Joncour should pursue a life in the military? What does this say about the character of Joncour's father? What does this say about Joncour?

8. What is Madame Blanche's calling card? What does she give the men she sleeps with?

9. Describe the party at Hara Kei's house. Who is there? Are these important people? Why? Why not?

10. How does the author describe the character of the Mayor? How is the telling of his story told in a circular fashion?

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