If you trim those longer branches, leaving 1 or 2 nodes in the main branch, chances are you will have a bud growing out of them - root the tips you cut, Frank is right, increase your chances, can always trade with another if they all make it.
Also, I would wrap the moist paper around the branches, as they tend to dry out and if you leave it as is, you will loose the tip to dry air anyway. I rooted long cuttings, and i wrap them all in lose newspaper moisted, with 2 plastic bags, one for the top and one for the bottome which i open more frequently to check moist and seen their roots..