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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 does Liza beg Brock to recognize Culum as?
(a) His better.
(b) Tess's husband.
(c) His rival.
(d) Tai pan.

2. Who does Dirk bring to the factory to ride out the storm?
(a) His crew and naval personnel.
(b) Jin-qua.
(c) Tess and Culum.
(d) Brock.

3. When the eye of the storm arrives, what does Horatio plan to see Glessing about?
(a) Entering the opium trade.
(b) Glessing ending his engagement to Mary.
(c) Purchasing some land.
(d) Assassinating Brock.

4. In Chapter 37, who is the letter from that Culum delivers to Dirk?
(a) Liza.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Scragger.
(d) Mary.

5. In Chapter 45, where does Brock ask Dirk to meet him?
(a) On the White Witch.
(b) At the factory.
(c) At the knoll.
(d) At May-may's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rings up a bill at the whorehouse that Dirk agrees to pay one last time?

2. Who do the authorities learn is the leader of the Triads in Hong Kong when they capture the assassin?

3. In Chapter 49, what does Dirk order Orlov to do?

4. In Chapter 33, who tells Dirk they cannot find the bark?

5. What does Dirk set up a partnership with Cooper to trade?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Dirk and Brock meet to fight at the knoll, why do they begin to talk about the weather?

2. Why does Dirk want to send Father Sebastian to Peru?

3. Why is May-may angry at the assassin who named Gordon Chen as the leader of the Triads?

4. How does Gordon Chen plan to hide the fact that he is the leader of the Triads in Hong Kong from Dirk after Dirk confronts him about whether he is a leader?

5. Why does Dirk think Culum should spend more time with Jeff Cooper.

6. Why does Gorth go to the English club looking for Dirk?

7. What causes the wages and costs in Hong Kong to rise above Dirk's expectations?

8. How will Dirk and the others know when the eye of the storm is centered over Hong Kong?

9. Why does Dirk remind Gorth that it is against the law to murder a prostitute?

10. As Dirk and Captain Orlov sail back to Hong Kong in Chapter 42, why do they think they're getting old?

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