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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 kind of epidemic sweeps through Queens Town?
(a) Flu.
(b) Black plague.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Small pox.

2. Where do the British plan to attack in Chapter 27?
(a) Canton and Peking.
(b) Happy Valley.
(c) Russia.
(d) Aberdeen.

3. When Dirk returns home after the ball, who is waiting for him in his living room?
(a) The bishop.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) Culum.
(d) May-may.

4. Who writes a letter that angers Ti-sen?
(a) Culum.
(b) Brock.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) Dirk.

5. With whom is May-May waiting in Dirk's quarters when he returns from his first meeting with Jin-qua?
(a) Ah-Sam.
(b) Mary Sinclair.
(c) Ah-Gip.
(d) Culum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship did Dirk and Brock both work on as teenagers?

2. With what does Dirk bribe Chinese officials?

3. When Dirk first visits the settlement, who sends a messenger requesting to see him immediately?

4. Who owns the ship that takes Sarah back to England?

5. Who buys the knoll to build a church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dirk do to keep the bullion on board his ship a secret when he reaches Hong Kong?

2. How does Dirk feel about the way Culum solves the problem of the knoll?

3. Why does Brock panic when Dirk pays his debt to Brock in silver?

4. How does Longstaff plan to break into China's tea monopoly?

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

6. Who are the three people that Dirk must send to England to receive an English education.

7. Why do the merchants think they will be attacked when they are at the Canton settlement?

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

9. Why does Dirk have to be very careful when he travels to visit Jin-qua?

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

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