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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Dirk flogs May-may, what does she tell him?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She is in love with another man.
(d) She still wants him to sell her.

2. What trade does Zergeyev offer Dirk as a monopoly in Russia?
(a) Tea.
(b) Opium.
(c) Rice.
(d) Cinchon bark.

3. Who halts all trade between the Chinese and the foreigners?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Longstaff.
(c) The Chinese emperor.
(d) The British government.

4. According to Captain Orlov, who will have blood on his hands when he becomes tai-pan.
(a) Robb.
(b) Culum.
(c) Gordon Chen.
(d) Brock.

5. Who is the officer on Brock's boat that wants to marry Tess?
(a) Mauss.
(b) Nygreck Thumb.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) Jeff Cooper.

6. What does May-may ask Dirk to do after their argument over her ball gown?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Sell her.
(c) Throw her into the streets.
(d) Allow her to marry another man.

7. In Chapter 13, what does Liza tell Brock is her reason for sailing to Macao?
(a) To arrange a marriage for Tess.
(b) To order gowns for the ball.
(c) To take another ship back to England.
(d) To purchase furniture.

8. Ti-sen agrees to loan Dirk money in exchange for Dirk agreeing to what being in Hong Kong?
(a) A Chinese temple of worship.
(b) A pirate's headquarters.
(c) The emperor.
(d) A mandarin.

9. What does May-may help Mary Sinclair to arrange?
(a) A funeral for Gorth.
(b) Her wedding.
(c) An abortion.
(d) A ball.

10. Whose servants are secretly all a part of Hung Mun Tong?
(a) Brock's.
(b) Dirk's.
(c) Longstaff's.
(d) The bishop's.

11. Who visits Dirk in Canton in Chapter 15?
(a) Wu Fang Choi.
(b) Ti-sen.
(c) Jin-qua.
(d) Mary Sinclair.

12. What does Dirk do to get into May-may's quarters after the two argue over her ball gown?
(a) He breaks down the door.
(b) He knocks and waits for her to answer.
(c) She leaves the door open.
(d) He climbs through the window.

13. Whose ship rams Dirk's lorcha as he leaves the settlement following the order for all foreigners to leave?
(a) Longstaff's.
(b) Culum's.
(c) Wu Kwok's.
(d) Brock's.

14. What is the Hung Mun Tong?
(a) A secret Chinese society.
(b) The Chinese name for the opium trade.
(c) A ship.
(d) The Chinese name for Dirk.

15. Why do Robb and Liza leave the ball?
(a) Dirk orders them to leave.
(b) They leave to have a tryst.
(c) Sarah goes into labor.
(d) Liza becomes ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who instructs Gordon Chen to do whatever May-may wants?

2. Who buys the knoll to build a church?

3. When Dirk first visits the settlement, who sends a messenger requesting to see him immediately?

4. Where do the British plan to attack in Chapter 27?

5. As they are standing in the square waiting for Ti-sen to be sentenced, whom does Dirk stop from talking to the crowd?

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