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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Joncour's dad?
(a) The king.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A silk manufacturer.
(d) A smuggler.

2. What does the couple agree should be the name of their child, if they have a boy?
(a) Phillippe.
(b) Joncour.
(c) Jean.
(d) Gerard.

3. With whom does Joncour negotiate the sale of silk eggs the first time?
(a) The mistress of Hara Kei.
(b) A man he meets in the harbor of Japan.
(c) A Japanese official.
(d) A man masked by black silk.

4. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?
(a) He swims.
(b) On a Dutch smuggler's ship.
(c) In a canoe.
(d) In a small one-mast Chinese ship.

5. As Joncour and the boy travel from the burned village of Hara Kei, what are people doing in the villages?
(a) Hiding in their houses.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Running out to greet them.
(d) Making food out in the open.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joncour and the boy catch up to the procession of Hara Kei, what travels behind Hara Kei?

2. What did Baldabiou build next to the silk factory after arriving in town?

3. Which way do Joncour and the boy travel after the boy finds Joncour at the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip?

4. When people ask Joncour about Africa, what does he say?

5. What did Baldabiou show the mayor when he first arrived in town?

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