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

2. Who does Smyth discover refuses to accept payoffs?

3. What kind of syndicate do Tung, Chin, and Mata run?

4. What were the Werewolves?

5. Who is Alexi Ivanovitch Travkin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe how Ian plans to make money in the stock market.

2. What does Rosemont tell Crosse about Crosse's men who were undercover in Canton?

3. What particular instructions did Four Fingers Wu give to his men regarding John Chen?

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

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

6. What was Four Fingers' reaction to his son's using his name to make trades without telling his father?

7. Why did Crosse order a guard on Ian Dunross after hearing about Grant's death?

8. When Gornt is at the stock exchange what does he decide to do with regards to Ho-Pak and Struan stock?

9. What do Kwok and Crosse want from Ian and what do they tell Ian if he doesn't give it to him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons why Clavell would have chosen to write this book in the third person point of view rather than the first person. What difference would it make to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the author chose Hong Kong for the setting of this book. Would it have made a difference if he had chosen a different setting? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the gun-smuggling incident. What is its significance? Did it start a chain of events? If so, explain the chain of events.

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