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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. Who is the leader of the Triads in Macao?
(a) Ti-sen.
(b) Gordon Chen.
(c) Jin-qua.
(d) Chen Sheng.

2. How is the bark to cure her of malaria given to May-may.
(a) In a tea.
(b) In a syrup.
(c) In a tablet.
(d) In a powder.

3. What does Dirk want to do during his trip back to England?
(a) Attack the pirate fleet.
(b) Marry May-may.
(c) Sleep many hours.
(d) Send a letter to Zergeyev.

4. What does Skinner's editorial urge the traders to do?
(a) Discredit Cunningham.
(b) Leave China.
(c) Purchase opium.
(d) Purchase tea.

5. When May-may learns she will survive the malaria, what does she contemplate doing but decides against?
(a) Marrying Dirk.
(b) Becoming Christian.
(c) Becoming a nurse.
(d) Becoming a nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skinner lose in the storm?

2. What does Brock apologize to Dirk for when they are at the knoll together?

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

4. What does Dirk decide to do with May-may in Chapter 44?

5. In Chapter 40, for how many more days does Dirk tell May-may she has to drink the tea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. May-may presents Yin-hsi to Dirk as a birthday gift. What is the real reason she gives the girl to Dirk?

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

4. Why does Richard Crosse go by the name Roger Blore?

5. How is the White Witch damaged in Chapter 45?

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

7. At the end of the book, why does Gordon Chen think The Noble House is dead?

8. What does May-may say will happen to Yin-hsi if Dirk sends her away?

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

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

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