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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zergeyev promise to send to Dirk and Longstaff?

2. Who does May-may send to Macao when the epidemic begins?

3. What does Dirk insist Culum begin to do regularly?

4. When does Dirk leave May-may's room on the night of the ball?

5. Whose proposal of marriage does Mary Sinclair accept?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dirk believe he will be able to do if he gets the trade monopoly in Russia?

2. What does Brock do that causes Dirk to accuse him of piracy?

3. What does Wu Fang Choi request from Dirk when he presents his half coin?

4. What is Dirk's reason for firing Captain Perry?

5. Why do the merchants think they will be attacked when they are at the Canton settlement?

6. Why does May-may think Tess and Culum should marry as quickly as possible?

7. How does Brock know about Dirk's financial problems?

8. If Dirk is unable to save his company, what will become of Brock and why does the outcome bother Dirk?

9. Why do Liza and Tess sail to Macao together?

10. After finding May-may dressed in a ball gown with her hair styled like an English woman's, what does Dirk do to restore her dignity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dirk takes many calculated risks throughout the course of the novel. What are the risks he takes? Are his risks wise or foolish? In other words, does Dirk succeed through luck or through shrewd business sense? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Dirk Straun is the hero of this story. What does it mean to be a hero? How does Dirk fit the definition of a hero? What are some of his heroic acts?

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of Hong Kong to the Chinese and to the British? How do the traders feel about the possession of Hong Kong?

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