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

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

3. When Baldabiou leaves, what does he give to Joncour?
(a) His house.
(b) His silk jacket.
(c) His billiards table.
(d) 2 silk mills.

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

5. When Helene and Joncour see Baldabiou off at the train station, what does Helene do?
(a) She enbraces Baldabiou and cries.
(b) She runs beside the train.
(c) She smiles and tilts her head, crying.
(d) She is happy to see him out of her life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joncour notice about the other passengers on the train as he travels home from his fourth trip to Japan?

3. How long does Joncour stay at the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, surveying the damage?

4. What do the letters say that are sent to Joncour after his last trip to Japan?

5. Where is Madame Blanche living at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. On his final trip to Madame Blanche's, what does she tell Joncour about his wife that he did not know?

2. On his fourth trip to Japan, what does Joncour find when he arrives at Hara Kei's village? How does he see the village? What is the state of the village a symbol of?

3. Why does Joncour take Baldabiou to the house of Jean Berbeck that he buys? What is he looking for? Why does he think that Baldabiou will understand?

4. What does Joncour mean when he says to the Englishman, "We are all marvelous, and we are all revolting"?

5. Why does the author describe the train trip so vividly returning from Japan on the fourth trip? What is the significance of the heat that Joncour sees on the fields and with the other passengers? What is he watching happening?

6. The letter describes a sexual encounter but eludes to fact that it has already happened? What does this mean?

7. Why does Joncour fire his gun on the way out of town and startle the birds? What is he saying, and to whom? Who will get his message?

8. The envelope that Joncour receives is mailed from Ostend, which is in Belgium. Who do you think sent the letters knowing this information?

9. For the fourth trip to Japan, who makes the decision to go? Why is this startling? Why does Baldabiou lie to everyone except Helene about the trip?

10. What does Joncour know about the Englishman they meet at the Riviera at the baron's birthday party? What is he wearing? Why is he upset when he looks at his wife and the Englishman?

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