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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the secret report Dirk finds in the briefcase that worries him?
(a) A Russian plan for world domination.
(b) Information about the tea trade.
(c) A Russian plan to start a new trading company.
(d) Details on the opium trade.

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

3. To whom does Dirk offer the job of head of the fleet?
(a) Cooper.
(b) Culum.
(c) Scragger.
(d) Captain Orlov.

4. Where does the bishop say he was when the bark cured his malaria?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Peru.
(d) Scotland.

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

6. The bishop sends word to Dirk saying there may be cinchona bark at a mission where?
(a) In Bi Tong.
(b) In Lo Ting.
(c) In Canton.
(d) In Quenoy.

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

8. In Chapter 47, what fails to fall before the storm?
(a) Rain.
(b) The Chinese flag.
(c) The barometer.
(d) A windmill.

9. Who gives Culum the idea to elope with Tess?
(a) Dirk.
(b) May-may.
(c) Liza.
(d) Brock.

10. Who is upset by the article in the Oriental Times?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) May-may.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) Dirk.

11. How long does Dirk give Gordon to find out who the leader of the Triads in Hong Kong is?
(a) One week.
(b) Three days.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

12. Who fills May-may in on everything that happened while she was ill?
(a) Ah-Sam.
(b) Ah-Gip.
(c) Dirk.
(d) Mary Sinclair.

13. What does May-may buy Dirk for his birthday?
(a) A Chinese girl.
(b) An expensive bottle of whiskey.
(c) A clipper ship.
(d) A new suit.

14. Who secretly owns the Oriental Times?
(a) May-may.
(b) Dirk.
(c) Brock.
(d) Longstaff.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk want to do during his trip back to England?

2. In Chapter 45, where does Brock ask Dirk to meet him?

3. What has Monsey been instructed to sail regardless of?

4. Who does May-may order to join Dirk in his bed?

5. Where is the bishop's palace?

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