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

2. Who is upset by the article in the Oriental Times?
(a) Mary Sinclair.
(b) Dirk.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) May-may.

3. Who secretly owns the Oriental Times?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Longstaff.
(c) May-may.
(d) Brock.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 48, what is falling rapidly?
(a) The price of tea.
(b) Hail.
(c) Rain.
(d) The barometer.

5. The bishop sends word to Dirk saying there may be cinchona bark at a mission where?
(a) In Bi Tong.
(b) In Quenoy.
(c) In Canton.
(d) In Lo Ting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people believe the storm in Chapter 47 isn't a typhoon?

2. Who does Dirk remind there are laws against murder when Culum is missing?

3. At the knoll, what lie does Dirk tell Brock about Tess?

4. When May-may learns she will survive the malaria, what does she contemplate doing but decides against?

5. Who does Culum tell Brock gave him the idea to elope with Tess?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dirk instruct Gordon Chen to form a spy system?

2. Why does Dirk think the bishop might have cinchona bark?

3. According to Culum, how did Dirk use him and Tess?

4. Why does Dirk lie to Brock about Tess and Culum being poxed?

5. Why does Wu Kwok have Scragger killed?

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

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

8. During the storm, how does one of Dirk's sailors die?

9. 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?

10. What does Dirk think is the reason Culum cannot remember where he was in Macao?

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