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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the opening of the Suez Canal do for the trip to Japan?
(a) Makes the trip rougher.
(b) Joncour can now take a boat the entire way.
(c) Makes the trip only 20 days long.
(d) From France to Japan now only takes 3 months.

2. 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) All the eggs smashed.
(c) The eggs are gone.
(d) Millions of larvae dead.

3. What did Baldabiou build next to the silk factory after arriving in town?
(a) A road.
(b) A chapel.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A gym.

4. What day does Joncour leave for his fourth trip to Japan?
(a) November 18th, 1869.
(b) July 16th, 1890.
(c) June 10th, 1896.
(d) October 10, 1864.

5. What is the lake along the Chinese border that Joncour passes on his trip to Japan?
(a) Lake Hermosa.
(b) Lake Russia.
(c) Lake Bonsai.
(d) Lake Baikal.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the fourth trip to Japan, how does Joncour finally get silk eggs?

2. Whose house does Joncour buy?

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

4. When Joncour arrives at his house in Hara Kei's village on his third trip, he can see Hara Kei's house. What does he notice?

5. What is in the sink at the house that Joncour buys?

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