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

2. Who wrote the letters to Joncour?
(a) The mistress.
(b) Helene.
(c) Jean Berbeck.
(d) Baldabiou.

3. When the boy appears in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what does he give to Joncour?
(a) An exotic bird.
(b) Mulberry bark.
(c) A blue flower.
(d) Joncour's glove.

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

5. How long does Joncour stay at the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, surveying the damage?
(a) For days.
(b) For hours.
(c) For a week.
(d) He leaves immediately.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Joncour find when he arrives at the port of Shirakawa on his fourth (last) trip to Japan?

4. When Joncour tells Baldabiou about the mistress, what does he say?

5. What does Joncour draw designs for after he buys the other house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. For the fourth trip to Japan, Baldabiou is unsure whether or not to send Joncour. What are his misgivings? When discussing it with Joncour, who is he trying to convince?

6. 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?

7. Why does Helene pretend not to notice the letters when they are clearly in plain sight?

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

9. What happens the morning after Hara Kei's party? Why do you think Hara Kei left? How does Joncour find the aviary? What is this saying to Joncour?

10. On the fourth trip to Japan, when Joncour offers gold to Hara Kei, what is he buying?

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