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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. When Helene vacations with her husband in the villa by the sea, what does she think it will do?
2. Where is Madame Blanche living at the end of the novel?
3. What does the Frenchman, Chardonnet, do?
4. When the boy appears in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what does he give to Joncour?
5. What does Joncour hear when the procession with the mistress goes by him?
Short Essay Questions
1. On the fourth trip to Japan, what does the young boy offer Joncour to get him to follow him? Who is this boy? Who sent him? Why is he in the village alone?
2. When Joncour finally tells Baldabiou about the girl in Japan he says, "To die of nostalgia for something you will never live," what does he mean?
3. On his fourth trip to Japan, what does Joncour find when he arrives at Hara Kei's village? How does he see the village? What is the state of the village a symbol of?
4. Why does Joncour sit by the lake on windy days after the death of his wife? Has the meaning of the ripples on the water changed for him?
5. What happens the morning after Hara Kei's party? Why do you think Hara Kei left? How does Joncour find the aviary? What is this saying to Joncour?
6. On the fourth trip to Japan, describe the young boy that Joncour follows? What is he playing? Why would he play music as they wander through the villages?
7. The letter describes a sexual encounter but eludes to fact that it has already happened? What does this mean?
8. What does Joncour hear as Hara Kei hold the gun to his head? Describe the sounds of what is happening around him.
9. Why does Helene pretend not to notice the letters when they are clearly in plain sight?
10. On his final trip to Madame Blanche's, what does she tell Joncour about his wife that he did not know?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Joncour's character transform when he sees the boy, hanging? What actions does he take next that indicate that he finally, at long last, gets it? What changes in his behavior that makes him a redeeming character? Later in the story, how does he almost lose it all again?
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of St. Agnes to Baldabiou? Why do Joncour and his wife name their youngest daughter Agnes? Why is Baldabiou fascinated with dolphins? Why would he want to put dolphins in the cloister instead of animals with Christian references?
Essay Topic 3
What do you think the relationship was between Helene and Madame Blanche? How do you think Helene found Madame Blanche? Do you think Helene saw her before she translated the letters? Why? Why not? Why do you think Madame Blanche visited Helene's grave?
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