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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 office does Dirk plan to run for?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) President of the U.S.
(c) Tai-Pan.
(d) A seat in Parliament.
2. Who greets Dirk while the men are unloading the barrels in Chapter 12?
(a) Robb.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) Mary Sinclair.
(d) May-may.
3. What activity will end the day of festivities?
(a) Culum and Tess's wedding.
(b) The sale of Hong Kong.
(c) The ball.
(d) Dirk and May-may's wedding.
4. Where does Dirk tell Robb and Culum The Noble House is to be permanently headquartered?
(a) England.
(b) Canton.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Happy Valley.
5. Who is kept busy painting portraits of Robb's children?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) Maureen Quance.
(c) Aristotle Quance.
(d) Liza Brock.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do Robb and Liza leave the ball?
2. How long does it take the British to recapture Canton?
3. Who writes a letter that angers Ti-sen?
4. Where do all of the traders decide to go if they are attacked by the Chinese?
5. In Chapter 13, what does Liza tell Brock is her reason for sailing to Macao?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Wu Fang Choi request from Dirk when he presents his half coin?
2. Why does Dirk oppose Longstaff's idea of evacuating Happy Valley?
3. If Dirk is unable to save his company, what will become of Brock and why does the outcome bother Dirk?
4. Why does Jin-qua order Gordon Chen to do anything that May-may requests of him?
5. Why do the Chinese consider Ti-sen a traitor?
6. How does Brock know about Dirk's financial problems?
7. How does Dirk feel about the way Culum solves the problem of the knoll?
8. Why does Brock panic when Dirk pays his debt to Brock in silver?
9. What does Dirk believe he will be able to do if he gets the trade monopoly in Russia?
10. What does Dirk do to keep the bullion on board his ship a secret when he reaches Hong Kong?
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