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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 activity will end the day of festivities?
(a) The ball.
(b) Culum and Tess's wedding.
(c) The sale of Hong Kong.
(d) Dirk and May-may's wedding.

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

3. Who is known as the Tai-Pan of Tai Ping Shan?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Longstaff.
(c) Jin-qua.
(d) Gordon Chen.

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

5. What does Dirk insist Culum begin to do regularly?
(a) Travel to England.
(b) Visit him.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Bathe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who volunteers to judge the ball gown after Quance leaves?

2. What time does Dirk leave the ball to go see May-may?

3. Why do Robb and Liza leave the ball?

4. What trade does Zergeyev offer Dirk as a monopoly in Russia?

5. Who is May-may?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dirk surprised to see Wu Fang Choi's ship in Hong Kong waters?

2. What are the stakes in the wager that Dirk and Zergeyev make on the prize fight?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Dirk's reason for firing Captain Perry?

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

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

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

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