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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baldabiou say it is like to hold Japanese silk?
(a) It is rough.
(b) It is like holding nothing.
(c) It is as soft as a baby's cheek.
(d) It is like air.

2. What happens to the town of Lavilledieu when the silk eggs fail?
(a) The town dies completely.
(b) It has little effect on the town, as farming is the main producer.
(c) The town has a High Mass to pray for a better year.
(d) It hurts the town financially.

3. How does Joncour view life?
(a) He likes to cook on the weekends.
(b) He likes to observe life, but not participate.
(c) He likes to sit and read to his wife.
(d) He likes to participate in life fully.

4. What is happening in America at the beginning of the novel?
(a) George Washington is President.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) Aircraft is being built.
(d) The pilgrims are landing at Plymouth.

5. What happens to the silk eggs in Europe at the beginning of the novel?
(a) An epidemic hits and kills the eggs.
(b) They stop growing in France.
(c) The human plague virus attacks them.
(d) They are all given away to China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joncour wearing on the last leg of the journey into Japan?

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

3. How long was Japan cut off from the rest of the world?

4. To whom did Baldabiou dedicate the building next to the silk factory?

5. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?

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