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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ti-sen considered a traitor to the emperor?
(a) He sold information to Dirk.
(b) He tried to kill the emperor.
(c) He signed the Treaty of Chuenpi.
(d) He is friends with the Dirk.

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

3. How many nights of sleep does Culum lose over the knoll incident?
(a) One night.
(b) Five nights.
(c) Zero nights.
(d) Two nights.

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

5. What office does Dirk plan to run for?
(a) A seat in Parliament.
(b) Tai-Pan.
(c) Mandarin.
(d) President of the U.S.

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 6, what does Brock suggest that he and Dirk do?
(a) Quit trading.
(b) Leave the settlement.
(c) Enter the opium trade.
(d) Join their companies.

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

12. On what does the feng shui expert say Dirk's house is built?
(a) A bear's back.
(b) A dragon's eyeball.
(c) A dragon's claw.
(d) A lion's tail.

13. Why is Longstaff tired of Hong Kong?
(a) There are too many problems.
(b) He doesn't like the whorehouses.
(c) There are too many traders there.
(d) He would rather go home to England.

14. Who is Wu Kwok's father?
(a) Jin-qua.
(b) Wu Fang Choi.
(c) Dirk.
(d) Ti-sen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the British plan to attack in Chapter 27?

2. With whom is May-May waiting in Dirk's quarters when he returns from his first meeting with Jin-qua?

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

4. As they are standing in the square waiting for Ti-sen to be sentenced, whom does Dirk stop from talking to the crowd?

5. Who does May-may send to Macao when the epidemic begins?

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