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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the clerk tell Brock and Dirk has disappeared in Chapter 26?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) Culum.
(c) Gorth.
(d) The servants.

2. What is in the kerchief that Scragger's son gives Dirk?
(a) A half coin.
(b) Gems, gold, and jewelry.
(c) A letter.
(d) A finger.

3. In Chapter 3, how much time does Dirk have to save his trading company?
(a) 29 days.
(b) Three months.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

4. What organizations are the fighters for the prizefight from?
(a) The Noble House and the British Navy.
(b) Brock's and Straun's companies.
(c) The British Parliament and the Chinese Emperor's Court.
(d) The Army and Navy.

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

6. Whom do Brock and Dirk discuss as a possible husband for Tess?
(a) Mauss.
(b) Cooper.
(c) Culum.
(d) Dirk.

7. What does Wu Kwok give Dirk from the Scarlet Cloud?
(a) The flag and log book.
(b) A chest of gold.
(c) The anchor.
(d) Prisoners.

8. The emperor offers Wu Fang Choi mandarinates if he attacks what?
(a) Canton.
(b) Hong Kong harbor.
(c) The Russian archduke.
(d) Dirk's fleet.

9. What does Robb say Dirk and Brock's hatred will do to them in the end?
(a) Bring them closer.
(b) Make them stronger.
(c) Destroy them.
(d) Leave one and kill the other.

10. Who greets Dirk while the men are unloading the barrels in Chapter 12?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) May-may.
(d) Robb.

11. Where do all of the traders decide to go if they are attacked by the Chinese?
(a) Dirk's factory.
(b) Brock's factory.
(c) Brock's ship.
(d) Dirk's ship.

12. What kind of epidemic sweeps through Queens Town?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Flu.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Black plague.

13. If Dirk can get a monopoly in Russia, what does he believe he will be able to do?
(a) Take over Brock's company.
(b) Marry Mary Sinclair.
(c) Ignore convention and marry May-may.
(d) Murder Brock with no consequence.

14. Who does May-may send to Macao when the epidemic begins?
(a) Ah-Sam.
(b) Her children.
(c) Dirk.
(d) Mary Sinclair.

15. As they are standing in the square waiting for Ti-sen to be sentenced, whom does Dirk stop from talking to the crowd?
(a) Cooper.
(b) Culum.
(c) Mauss.
(d) Longstaff.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the British to recapture Canton?

2. Who owns the ship that takes Sarah back to England?

3. What happens to Dirk as he is traveling back to the settlement in a sedan chair?

4. What trade does Zergeyev offer Dirk as a monopoly in Russia?

5. Why do Robb and Liza leave the ball?

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