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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the party, who is waiting for Joncour outside of his house?
(a) Hara Kei.
(b) Helene.
(c) The mistress.
(d) A man with 15 sheets of mulberry bark covered with eggs.

2. What does Joncour see when the procession with the mistress goes by him?
(a) The mistress' eyes.
(b) The flames of war.
(c) The blue of the sky.
(d) The brightly-colored fabrics.

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

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

5. In his later years, what does Joncour never do?
(a) He never travels and never leaves his house.
(b) He lives in a villa at the beach on the Riviera.
(c) He travels to Japan many times trying to find the mistress.
(d) He moves to China.

6. What does Baldabiou think Joncour is doing with the house he buys?
(a) That he's happy at last.
(b) That he's looking for something.
(c) That it is a good hobby.
(d) That he's going crazy.

7. When Helene and Joncour see Baldabiou off at the train station, what does Helene do?
(a) She runs beside the train.
(b) She is happy to see him out of her life.
(c) She enbraces Baldabiou and cries.
(d) She smiles and tilts her head, crying.

8. What does Joncour do with the envelope he receives after his last trip to Japan?
(a) He stores it in the house across the street.
(b) He throws it away.
(c) He hides it with his folded shirts.
(d) He carries it with him for days.

9. In his later years, what does Joncour do once a year?
(a) Tours the silk mills.
(b) Returns to Helene's grave.
(c) Returns to Japan.
(d) Returns to Madame Blanche.

10. What is the boy playing who accompanies Joncour to find Hara Kei on the fourth trip to Japan?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A reed instrument.

11. When, according to Joncour, should birds be released from an aviary?
(a) When something wonderful happens.
(b) When the tide turns.
(c) When the birds are mature.
(d) When the afternoon sun looks red.

12. What advice does Madame Blanche give to Joncour about the letters?
(a) To take a long vacation.
(b) To shower his wife with gifts.
(c) To forget the mistress and be happy.
(d) To return to Japan for the mistress.

13. What does Joncour notice about the other passengers on the train as he travels home from his fourth trip to Japan?
(a) The passengers are older.
(b) The passengers are sweating.
(c) The passengers look strange to him.
(d) The passengers are Japanese.

14. 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) Running out to greet them.
(c) Making food out in the open.
(d) Sleeping.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joncour arrives at the empty house of Hara Kei the morning after the party, what does he find in the aviary?

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

3. What does Joncour do in the house he buys?

4. What is the Englishman, who sits next to Helene at the event, wearing in his lapel?

5. How many girls do Helene and Joncour have?

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