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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. Whose ship rams Dirk's lorcha as he leaves the settlement following the order for all foreigners to leave?

2. Whose servants are secretly all a part of Hung Mun Tong?

3. What is Ti-sen wearing when he is brought into the square?

4. What kind of a ship do Dirk and Culum see from the mountain?

5. Who does Dirk find lying dead in his bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brock plan to replace his clipper ships with steam-powered ships?

2. Why does Brock panic when Dirk pays his debt to Brock in silver?

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

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

5. Why doesn't Dirk want to move their operations out of Happy Valley?

6. Why is the note that Longstaff asks to have translated into Chinese puzzling to Horatio and Glessing?

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

8. What are the stakes in the wager that Dirk and Zergeyev make on the prize fight?

9. Why is Dirk surprised to see Wu Fang Choi's ship in Hong Kong waters?

10. Why isn't Sarah able to attend Dirk's ball?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What views of women are presented in this book? How do May-may, Mary Sinclair, Liza, and Tess represent those views?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Gordon Chen is Dirk's son just as Culum is, yet he isn't even considered as an heir for The Noble House. Why? What is different about Gordon Chen in comparison to Culum that makes him a poor choice for the future tai pan?

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