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

2. Where is Madame Blanche living at the end of the novel?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) The Riviera.

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

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

5. What is the Englishman, who sits next to Helene at the event, wearing in his lapel?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) Little blue flowers.
(d) A diamond watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, according to Joncour, should birds be released from an aviary?

2. When Helene and Joncour see Baldabiou off at the train station, what does Helene do?

3. What does Joncour hear when the procession with the mistress goes by him?

4. When asked about the war in Japan, how does Joncour respond?

5. When does Joncour go to his park and sit by the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the fourth trip to Japan, describe the young boy that Joncour follows? What is he playing? Why would he play music as they wander through the villages?

2. 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?

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

4. Why does Joncour sit by the lake on windy days after the death of his wife? Has the meaning of the ripples on the water changed for him?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What does Joncour hear as Hara Kei hold the gun to his head? Describe the sounds of what is happening around him.

9. When the young boy is hanged, why does Hara Kei say the boy was the message of love? What does he mean by that? Does this have anything to do with the boy's happy disposition? What?

10. When Joncour arrives home nine days late, what does he ask of his wife? Why does he ask her this?

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