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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 cuts off Glessing's arm?
2. Who does Dirk ask to be Tai-Tai?
3. What is in the sack that Dirk finds in Aberdeen?
4. Where do Culum and Dirk agree to have dinner together in Chapter 41?
5. Whose body is discovered in an alley near Chinatown?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes the wages and costs in Hong Kong to rise above Dirk's expectations?
2. How does Gordon Chen plan to hide the fact that he is the leader of the Triads in Hong Kong from Dirk after Dirk confronts him about whether he is a leader?
3. What does Dirk hope the information he leaks for the article in the Oriental Times will do?
4. In Chapter 41, why does Culum tell Liza she cannot take Tess back to her home?
5. How will Dirk and the others know when the eye of the storm is centered over Hong Kong?
6. What does May-may say will happen to Yin-hsi if Dirk sends her away?
7. Why does Dirk think Culum should spend more time with Jeff Cooper.
8. Why is May-may angry at the assassin who named Gordon Chen as the leader of the Triads?
9. What does Dirk think is the reason Culum cannot remember where he was in Macao?
10. At the end of the book, why does Gordon Chen think The Noble House is dead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the marriage of Tess and Culum so important to both Dirk and Brock? What do each of them stand to gain by either ensuring the marriage happens or preventing it from happening until a specific time? What effect does the marriage ultimately have on the two houses?
Essay Topic 2
What motivates Jin-qua to help save The Noble House? Are his intentions honorable or is he simply trying to help himself and using The Noble House as a pawn? Or, is there a little bit of honor and self-interest at the same time?
Essay Topic 3
At the beginning of the novel, what is the financial situation of The Noble House? How did the company get into this situation? What is the deal between Jin-qua and Dirk and why is it necessary in saving The Noble House?
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