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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 threatens to charge Culum with treason if he doesn't deliver Dirk's papers to him?

2. With what kind of juice does May-may start taking her medicine?

3. What is Aristotle the first to call Culum?

4. What does Dirk offer the doctor if he can cure May-may?

5. Who is upset by the article in the Oriental Times?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dirk remind Gorth that it is against the law to murder a prostitute?

2. After May-may begins to recover from malaria, what does she tell Dirk she will do if he goes back to Hong Kong without her?

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

4. During the storm, how does one of Dirk's sailors die?

5. What does Dirk hope the information he leaks for the article in the Oriental Times will do?

6. Why does Dirk want to send Father Sebastian to Peru?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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