View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sarah and Robb argue about before the ball?
(a) Their daughter's wedding.
(b) Robb's inability to return to England with Sarah.
(c) The baby.
(d) Money.

2. How long does it take the British to recapture Canton?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) A year.
(d) One week.

3. Who owns the ship that takes Sarah back to England?
(a) The East India Company.
(b) Brock.
(c) Culum.
(d) Cooper.

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

5. What does Dirk insist Culum begin to do regularly?
(a) Bathe.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Visit him.
(d) Travel to England.

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

7. Who does Dirk find lying dead in his bed?
(a) Scragger.
(b) Robb.
(c) Culum.
(d) Gorth.

8. With whom does Dirk set sail prior to the ball?
(a) The expeditionary force.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) Brock.
(d) Wu Fang Choi.

9. Who volunteers to judge the ball gown after Quance leaves?
(a) Zergeyev.
(b) Liza.
(c) Culum.
(d) Brock.

10. Who does Dirk say did not cheat him but rather outsmarted him?
(a) Wu Kwok.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) Brock.

11. 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.

12. 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) Mauss.
(c) Culum.
(d) Longstaff.

13. When Dirk first visits the settlement, who sends a messenger requesting to see him immediately?
(a) May-may.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) Wu Kwok.

14. Who replaces Ah-Gip as May-may's servant?
(a) Mai-chen.
(b) Ti-sen.
(c) Ah-sam.
(d) Mary Sinclair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Robb and Liza leave the ball?

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

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

4. With what does Dirk bribe Chinese officials?

5. Whose servants are secretly all a part of Hung Mun Tong?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 385 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample