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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Captain Scragger, when will Wu Kwok be in Quemony?
(a) Boxing Day.
(b) Midsummer's Night.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) December.

2. How long is the indenture agreement for the men who arrive with Captain Scragger?
(a) One year.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six months.

3. In Dirk's dispatch to Robb, what does he instruct Robb to do in Hong Kong?
(a) Murder Gorth.
(b) Buy as much land as possible.
(c) Befriend Brock.
(d) Take a ship back to England.

4. Dirk learns that the Turks opened up what empire for British trade?
(a) The Spanish Empire.
(b) The Indian Empire.
(c) The Japanese Empire.
(d) The Ottoman Empire.

5. Who wins the ball gown contest?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) Tess Brock.
(c) Liza Brock.
(d) May-may.

6. Whose proposal of marriage does Mary Sinclair accept?
(a) Horatio's.
(b) Dirk's.
(c) Glessing's.
(d) Culum's.

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

8. Who does Dirk say is responsible for repaying Jin-qua's loan?
(a) Culum.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Noble House.
(d) Robb.

9. According to Robb, what must arrive in London to keep him and Dirk out of financial trouble?
(a) A load of tea.
(b) The Russian documents.
(c) The Blue Cloud.
(d) The cinchon bark.

10. What is Brock's ship called?
(a) The Black Witch.
(b) The White Witch.
(c) The Resting Cloud.
(d) The Scarlet Cloud.

11. When does Dirk leave May-may's room on the night of the ball?
(a) While she is still crying.
(b) When she orders him out.
(c) He does not leave that night.
(d) After she falls asleep.

12. What do Dirk and Culum press Brock to grant Culum?
(a) A quick marriage to Tess.
(b) A position in Brock's company.
(c) Access to Brock's records.
(d) The rights to the knoll.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ship rams Dirk's lorcha as he leaves the settlement following the order for all foreigners to leave?

2. In Chapter 3, how much time does Dirk have to save his trading company?

3. In Chapter 1, who takes possession of Hong Kong?

4. What does May-may help Mary Sinclair to arrange?

5. Who writes a letter that angers Ti-sen?

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