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

2. When does Brock tell Dirk he will have anything to do with Tess and Culum after they are married?
(a) When Tess has her first child.
(b) When Culum is tai-pan.
(c) Never.
(d) When Brock is tai-pan.

3. Who left a briefcase with the bishop, which the bishop gives to Dirk?
(a) Zergeyev.
(b) The emperor.
(c) Longstaff.
(d) Brock.

4. Who does May-may order to join Dirk in his bed?
(a) Shevuan.
(b) Yin-hsi.
(c) Ah-Sam.
(d) Mary Sinclair.

5. Where does the bishop say he was when the bark cured his malaria?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Peru.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roger Blore's real name?

2. The bishop sends word to Dirk saying there may be cinchona bark at a mission where?

3. What do Dirk and Wu Kwok both vow to do after Dirk finds the sack?

4. Why is Glessing angry with Longstaff in Chapter 47?

5. Where does Brock plan to ride out the storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 49, why does Zergeyev think the Russians will now be able to dominate China?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 41, why does Culum tell Liza she cannot take Tess back to her home?

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

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

10. After the typhoon, how does Skinner plan to publish the next issue of his paper?

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