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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) She leaves the door open.
(c) He climbs through the window.
(d) He breaks down the door.

3. Whose servants are secretly all a part of Hung Mun Tong?
(a) Longstaff's.
(b) Dirk's.
(c) The bishop's.
(d) Brock's.

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

5. Where does Dirk tell Robb and Culum The Noble House is to be permanently headquartered?
(a) Happy Valley.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Canton.
(d) England.

6. With whom does May-may want Dirk to consult about the house he is building?
(a) An architect.
(b) Mary Sinclair.
(c) A feng shui expert.
(d) A priest.

7. What kind of a ship do Dirk and Culum see from the mountain?
(a) A steam-powered battleship.
(b) A clipper ship.
(c) A lorcha.
(d) A pirate ship.

8. Who instructs Gordon Chen to do whatever May-may wants?
(a) Jin-qua.
(b) Wu Kwok.
(c) Mary Sinclair.
(d) Culum.

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

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

11. In Chapter 1, who takes possession of Hong Kong?
(a) The British.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The Chinese.

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

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) Ignore convention and marry May-may.
(c) Marry Mary Sinclair.
(d) Murder Brock with no consequence.

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

15. What group is not being forced out of the settlement?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The British.
(d) The Russians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organizations are the fighters for the prizefight from?

2. What do May-may and Ah-Sam use to see Dirk on his boat during the festivities?

3. What is Alexi Zergeyev's title?

4. Ti-sen agrees to loan Dirk money in exchange for Dirk agreeing to what being in Hong Kong?

5. In what village does Dirk wait for Wu Kwok?

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