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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does May-may send to talk to Mary Sinclair?
(a) Ah-Gip.
(b) Her elder sister.
(c) Jin-qua.
(d) Ti-sen.

2. What does Dirk tell Culum and Tess they are a part of regardless of what Brock says?
(a) Brock's family.
(b) Dirk's family.
(c) The Noble House.
(d) The British government.

3. Who tells Dirk that dueling is outlawed in Macao?
(a) A British officer.
(b) Culum.
(c) Gorth.
(d) A Portuguese officer.

4. When May-may learns she will survive the malaria, what does she contemplate doing but decides against?
(a) Becoming a nurse.
(b) Becoming Christian.
(c) Becoming a nun.
(d) Marrying Dirk.

5. Who is Dirk surprised to see at the factory during the storm?
(a) Brock.
(b) Wu Kwok.
(c) Robb.
(d) Horation.

6. In Chapter 50, who suggests to Culum that they join their houses?
(a) Brock.
(b) Gorth.
(c) May-may.
(d) Jin-qua.

7. What is Brock planning to do with Dirk when he summons him to the knoll?
(a) Fight to the death.
(b) Sell him the knoll.
(c) Make a deal with him.
(d) Demand money.

8. What is Aristotle the first to call Culum?
(a) Sir.
(b) Mr. Straun.
(c) Father.
(d) Tai-pan.

9. What does the British government plan to do with Longstaff?
(a) Have him executed.
(b) Send him to Russia.
(c) Replace him.
(d) Promote him.

10. Who does May-may order to join Dirk in his bed?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) Shevuan.
(c) Ah-Sam.
(d) Yin-hsi.

11. What is in the sack that Dirk finds in Aberdeen?
(a) Scragger's body.
(b) Opium.
(c) Gorth's body.
(d) Money.

12. According to May-may, how did she hear of Yin-hsi?
(a) At a whorehouse.
(b) From Jin-qua's Tai-Tai.
(c) Through an ad.
(d) From Mary Sinclair.

13. What happens to Dirk's factory during the second round of the storm?
(a) It stands strong.
(b) The western wall crumbles.
(c) All of the windows are blown out.
(d) The roof blows off.

14. Why do some people believe the storm in Chapter 47 isn't a typhoon?
(a) The winds are from the north.
(b) It isn't strong enough.
(c) It's the wrong season.
(d) There are never typhoons in Hong Kong.

15. In Chapter 42, how many days ahead of Dirk's ship is Brock's ship on the way to England?
(a) Six days.
(b) Five days.
(c) One day.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Culum tell Dirk he will join The Noble House with?

2. Who does Dirk bring to the factory to ride out the storm?

3. In Chapter 47, what fails to fall before the storm?

4. When the eye of the storm arrives, what does Horatio plan to see Glessing about?

5. Who rings up a bill at the whorehouse that Dirk agrees to pay one last time?

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