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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) A position in Brock's company.
(b) A quick marriage to Tess.
(c) Access to Brock's records.
(d) The rights to the knoll.

2. In Chapter 4, who is Dirk waiting to see in Canton?
(a) Culum.
(b) Brock.
(c) May-may.
(d) Jin-qua.

3. According to Captain Orlov, who will have blood on his hands when he becomes tai-pan.
(a) Culum.
(b) Robb.
(c) Brock.
(d) Gordon Chen.

4. Who does Dirk find lying dead in his bed?
(a) Scragger.
(b) Robb.
(c) Culum.
(d) Gorth.

5. Who does Dirk say did not cheat him but rather outsmarted him?
(a) Brock.
(b) Wu Kwok.
(c) Jin-qua.
(d) Longstaff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose proposal of marriage does Mary Sinclair accept?

2. Who is known as the Tai-Pan of Tai Ping Shan?

3. Which European woman is pregnant with a Chinese child?

4. What is Brock's ship called?

5. Where do all of the traders decide to go if they are attacked by the Chinese?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Chinese consider Ti-sen a traitor?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Jin-qua order Gordon Chen to do anything that May-may requests of him?

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

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

9. Why does Dirk oppose Longstaff's idea of evacuating Happy Valley?

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

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