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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. Who rings up a bill at the whorehouse that Dirk agrees to pay one last time?

2. Which ship collides with the Boston Princess?

3. Who does Dirk sail to Aberdeen to meet at midnight?

4. What does the bishop tell Dirk he owes the church for the bark to cure May-may?

5. Who gives Culum the idea to elope with Tess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Dirk think Culum should spend more time with Jeff Cooper.

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

5. Why does Dirk think the bishop might have cinchona bark?

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

7. What causes the wages and costs in Hong Kong to rise above Dirk's expectations?

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

9. Why does Richard Crosse go by the name Roger Blore?

10. As Dirk and Captain Orlov sail back to Hong Kong in Chapter 42, why do they think they're getting old?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What point of view is used to tell this story? Why is it necessary to use this point of view? Would another perspective work? Why or why not?

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

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?

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