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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 48, what is falling rapidly?
(a) The price of tea.
(b) Hail.
(c) The barometer.
(d) Rain.

2. In Chapter 34, who finds out that Mary Sinclair took herbs to cause an abortion?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Gordon Chen.
(c) May-may.
(d) Glessing.

3. What is Monsey sent to tell Longstaff?
(a) To stay in Hong Kong.
(b) To leave Hong Kong.
(c) To marry Mary Sinclair.
(d) To purchase tea seeds.

4. Where do Culum and Dirk agree to have dinner together in Chapter 41?
(a) Brock's house.
(b) The club.
(c) At Tess and Culum's house.
(d) Dirk's house.

5. Who does Dirk want to introduce Zergeyev around Washington, D.C.?
(a) Cooper.
(b) Tillman.
(c) Shevaun.
(d) Longstaff.

6. Who is the leader of the Triads in Macao?
(a) Jin-qua.
(b) Gordon Chen.
(c) Ti-sen.
(d) Chen Sheng.

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

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

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

10. At the knoll, what lie does Dirk tell Brock about Tess?
(a) That she married Dirk.
(b) That she is poxed.
(c) That she is not Brock's daughter.
(d) That she is dead.

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

12. Who do the authorities learn is the leader of the Triads in Hong Kong when they capture the assassin?
(a) Wu Kwok.
(b) Ti-sen.
(c) Brock.
(d) Gordon Chen.

13. What does Dirk want to do during his trip back to England?
(a) Send a letter to Zergeyev.
(b) Attack the pirate fleet.
(c) Sleep many hours.
(d) Marry May-may.

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

15. When does Brock tell Dirk he will have anything to do with Tess and Culum after they are married?
(a) When Brock is tai-pan.
(b) Never.
(c) When Tess has her first child.
(d) When Culum is tai-pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dirk surprised to see at the factory during the storm?

2. While at the knoll, what do Dirk and Brock agree is coming?

3. In Chapter 42, how many days ahead of Dirk's ship is Brock's ship on the way to England?

4. When Dirk arrives at the harbor master's office, where are Tess and Culum?

5. In Chapter 37, who is the letter from that Culum delivers to Dirk?

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