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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dirk and Culum press Brock to grant Culum?
(a) Access to Brock's records.
(b) The rights to the knoll.
(c) A quick marriage to Tess.
(d) A position in Brock's company.

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

3. Whose servants are secretly all a part of Hung Mun Tong?
(a) Longstaff's.
(b) The bishop's.
(c) Dirk's.
(d) Brock's.

4. What possessions of Aristotle's does Maureen Quance destroy?
(a) His paints and brushes.
(b) His furniture.
(c) His bottles of alcohol.
(d) His clothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ship rams Dirk's lorcha as he leaves the settlement following the order for all foreigners to leave?

2. What does Dirk insist Culum begin to do regularly?

3. Who orchestrates the run on Dirk's bank?

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. How long is the indenture agreement for the men who arrive with Captain Scragger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Dirk want to move their operations out of Happy Valley?

2. When Brock is dressing for the ball, what does he try to hide from Liza?

3. Why is the note that Longstaff asks to have translated into Chinese puzzling to Horatio and Glessing?

4. What does Dirk believe he will be able to do if he gets the trade monopoly in Russia?

5. What does Wu Fang Choi request from Dirk when he presents his half coin?

6. Why does Brock plan to replace his clipper ships with steam-powered ships?

7. Why do Liza and Tess sail to Macao together?

8. How does Brock know about Dirk's financial problems?

9. How does Gordon Chen build up the Hung Mun in Hong Kong?

10. What does Sarah tell Dirk about Robb's last message to him?

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