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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Dirk as he is traveling back to the settlement in a sedan chair?
(a) He is attacked.
(b) He learns May-may is pregnant.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He is kidnapped.

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

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

4. Where do the British plan to attack in Chapter 27?
(a) Happy Valley.
(b) Aberdeen.
(c) Russia.
(d) Canton and Peking.

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

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

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

8. Who is May-may?
(a) Brock's mistress.
(b) Dirk's mistress.
(c) A Chinese pirate.
(d) Dirk's wife.

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

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

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

12. The Chinese call Straun and Company another name. What is it?
(a) The Great House.
(b) Ah-Gip.
(c) The Noble House.
(d) Tai-Pan.

13. What do May-may and Ah-Sam use to see Dirk on his boat during the festivities?
(a) A telescope.
(b) Spies.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) Their eyes.

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

15. What ship did Dirk and Brock both work on as teenagers?
(a) The White Witch.
(b) The China Cloud.
(c) The Resting Cloud.
(d) The Vagrant Star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dirk say is responsible for repaying Jin-qua's loan?

2. How many nights of sleep does Culum lose over the knoll incident?

3. What signals the beginning of the evening of festivities?

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

5. What is in the kerchief that Scragger's son gives Dirk?

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