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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Madame Blanche live?
2. What is remarkable about the young girl with Hara Kei?
3. Who lives across the street from Joncour?
4. What month do silk eggs hatch?
5. What did Baldabiou ask Joncour about when he returned from Egypt?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Baldabiou convince the Mayor to establish factories that produce silk? How does money play into the decision for Baldabiou? How does money affect the decision of the Mayor?
2. Why does Joncour arrive in Hara Kei's village on foot? What message is he sending to the mistress?
3. For the third trip to Japan, who decides that Joncour should go? How much say does he have in this decision?
4. Why does Baldabiou share the secrets of silk? What does this say about Baldabiou?
5. Why does the young girl accompanying Hara Kei not have an Asian slant to her eyes? Does this give the reader a clue to her past? What?
6. How many silk eggs can you hold in your hands? Why did they refer to this as "a fortune in your hands"?
7. What happened when Jean Berbeck decided not to speak anymore? Why is this significant information in getting to know the character of Joncour?
8. When Joncour meets the Englishman in Japan who is selling guns, he asks about the girl. What is the Englishman's reply? Do you think the Englishman has seen the girl? Do you think he knows more than he is saying? What?
9. How much of the year does Joncour work? How much time does he have for leisure? Describe his work routine.
10. On his second trip to Japan, Joncour sits at the lake with Hara Kei and they are described as "Holding their peace." What do you think the author means by this? Where else have you heard this expression? Do you think there is a connection between a reference to a wedding and a mistress?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who does Baldabiou play billiards against? Why is his loss before he leaves town important? How is his job as mentor over?
Essay Topic 2
How does Hara Kei forgive Joncour his rude behavior? He does it several times in the novel. Does he react the same way each time, or differently? Why does he endure Joncour's lack of knowledge about Japan?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the items hanging from the litter of the mistress. What do they signify? Which items make noise? Do you believe she is still in the litter? Do you think she is beaten? Are the items hanging from the litter a sign of her captivity? How?
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