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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 44, what is the only reason Dirk will allow himself to be disturbed when he returns home?
(a) For May-may.
(b) For Culum.
(c) For the emperor.
(d) For an emergency.

2. Who gives Culum the idea to elope with Tess?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Brock.
(c) May-may.
(d) Liza.

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

4. Which ship collides with the Boston Princess?
(a) The White Witch.
(b) The Resting Cloud.
(c) The China Cloud.
(d) The Scarlet Cloud.

5. Who does Dirk want to introduce Zergeyev around Washington, D.C.?
(a) Shevaun.
(b) Longstaff.
(c) Cooper.
(d) Tillman.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What name does Dirk suggest for the new town in Hong Kong?

5. Whose body is discovered in an alley near Chinatown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Whalen send Monsey to Hong Kong to tell Longstaff he must leave?

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

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

4. Why do the Russians feel they must control China?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 47, why does Dirk move May-may and the others to his factory in Happy Valley?

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

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