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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trade does the High Tiger of the White Powders engage in?
(a) Gold.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Smuggling.

2. Who is Paul Havergill?
(a) Financial adviser to Bartlett.
(b) CID policeman.
(c) Attorney for Gornt.
(d) Casey's boyfriend.

3. Where does Crosse agree that Ian can put the files that he wants?
(a) Victoria Bank.
(b) The safe in his office.
(c) The safe in his study.
(d) Ho-Pak Bank.

4. What stock does Gornt sell short on a pre-arranged signal?
(a) Wampoa.
(b) Asian Trading.
(c) Par-Con.
(d) Ho-Pak.

5. Where did Phillip Chen go to pay the ransom?
(a) Green Dragon Restaurant.
(b) A boat in Hong Kong harbor.
(c) Kowloon City.
(d) Hong Kong hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Armstrong find on the appointment book at Ping-sing Wah Developments Asian and China Shipping?

2. At the start of the novel who was the compradore of Noble House?

3. Who pushed Ian Dunross's father out of the role of tai-pan of the Noble House?

4. After hearing about the spy ring, who did Kwok think was the mole in Hong Kong?

5. Who comes with Lincoln Bartlett to Hong Kong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gornt's goal in making a deal with Bartlett?

2. What orders does Captain Gregor Suslev receive?

3. What evidence is there that Kwok is a Chinese mole?

4. Crosse wants to find the link between Bartlett's arrival and what?

5. What does Ian Dunross tell Noble House about his plans for the company when he becomes tai-pan?

6. What is Sinclair Towers?

7. Who started Ho-Pak Bank and how?

8. Who tried to blackmail Armstrong and why?

9. What did the existence of Soviet spy ring in Hong Kong suggest to the police?

10. Why does Bartlett want to put together a deal with Gornt for them to loan money to Ian?

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