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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, 14 and 15, pp. 146- 164.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book was Theroux reading at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Steppenwolf.
(b) The Autobiography of a Yogi.
(c) Siddhartha.
(d) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

2. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Gujarat.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Simla.

3. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Turkemistan.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Afghanistan.

4. Where did the Parsis place their dead?
(a) Towers of Zoroaster.
(b) Towers of Silence.
(c) Towers of Death.
(d) Towers of Faith.

5. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.
(a) To make tourist knick-knacks.
(b) To make artificial coral.
(c) To decorate aquariums with coral.
(d) To make lime.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?

2. What were the American travelers discussing on the train in Chapter 8?

3. How did the Tamils clean their teeth on the train in Chapter 12?

4. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?

5. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?

(see the answer key)

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