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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the official going through the train checking the IDs of civilian males?
(a) He was looking for American citizens.
(b) He was looking for draft evaders.
(c) He was looking for Viet Cong members.
(d) He was looking for South Vietnamese Army members.

2. What interrupted Theroux's conversation at the Japanese National Railways office?
(a) Announcements over the loudspeakers.
(b) An emergency warning.
(c) Music over the loudspeakers.
(d) An argument among passengers.

3. What was the approximate population of Bangladesh?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 60 million.
(c) 75 million.
(d) 85 million.

4. What Sherlock Holmes story did Theroux allude to in Chapter 19?
(a) "The Red-Headed League."
(b) "A Study in Scarlet."
(c) "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
(d) "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."

5. Why was William Clark so revered in Japan?
(a) He brought Christianity to Japan.
(b) He started an agricultural college in Sapporo.
(c) He fought for the Japanese during World War II.
(d) He opened Japan to foreign trade.

6. What Russian novel was Theroux reading in Chapter 21?
(a) The Brothers Doestoevsky.
(b) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
(c) Dead Souls.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

7. What did Theroux write the Japanese took perverse pride in?
(a) How smoothly the trains ran.
(b) How expensive their country was.
(c) How small their families were.
(d) How hard they worked.

8. How much did it cost to go to the Japanese bath?
(a) Thirty dollars.
(b) Fifteen dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

9. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?
(a) Cats.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Dogs.

10. What happened when Theroux saw the drunk Japanese men in the bar in Osaka?
(a) One of them punched him.
(b) One of them kissed him.
(c) He played pool with them.
(d) They challenged him to a fight.

11. What time was dinner served at Bernard's mansion?
(a) Five.
(b) Six-thirty.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

12. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?
(a) From a palm reader.
(b) From a Buddhist monk.
(c) From a swami.
(d) From an imam.

13. How much time did Theroux have to board the train to Sapporo in Aomori?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) One hour.

14. Where did Bernard tell Theroux he was born?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Rangoon.
(c) Simla.
(d) Landi Kotal.

15. What time did Theroux wake up at the station at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Two a.m.
(b) One a.m.
(c) Four a.m.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hotels did Mandalay have?

2. Why did the young man leaving Bangalore to go to Bangkok in Chapter 16?

3. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?

4. What was bunraku?

5. Why were there so few skiers on the train to Sapporo?

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