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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 and 25, pp. 241-267.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?
(a) Inle Lake.
(b) Lashio.
(c) Rangoon.
(d) Pagan.

2. What does the surname Singh mean?
(a) Cow.
(b) Lion.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Cheetah.

3. What magazine did the CIA official tell Theroux he wrote for?
(a) Boys' Life.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Field and Stream.

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

5. What happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?
(a) It burned down.
(b) It was damaged in an earthquake.
(c) It blew up.
(d) It was seized by the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the code name of Theroux's American host in Saigon?

2. What were the Buddhist monks doing when Theroux encountered them in Mandalay in Chapter 17?

3. Why was the official going through the train checking the IDs of civilian males?

4. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?

5. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?

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