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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. 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 a Japanese official.
(d) He bribes an army official.

2. On the way home on the third trip, how long does it take Joncour to arrive home?
(a) 41 days.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

3. What do the letters say that are sent to Joncour after his last trip to Japan?
(a) They tell Joncour to love his wife.
(b) They are a statement of accounts for Joncour.
(c) They are love letters.
(d) They tell Joncour to beware.

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

5. When Joncour gets off the train and opens the eggs on his way home on the fourth trip, what does he find?
(a) The eggs are fine.
(b) Millions of larvae dead.
(c) All the eggs smashed.
(d) The eggs are gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many girls do Helene and Joncour have?

2. What does Hara Kei say to Joncour about the fate of the boy who led Joncour to Hara Kei's procession?

3. What advice does Madame Blanche give to Joncour about the letters?

4. What does Louis Pasteur decide about the silk egg production in Chapter 41?

5. When Joncour arrives in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what, in his mind, does he see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Why do you think Madame Blanche wants to forget about her native language? Why does she make Joncour promise to never return to her for a translation?

9. When Joncour finally tells Baldabiou about the girl in Japan he says, "To die of nostalgia for something you will never live," what does he mean?

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

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