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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. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?
(a) Ceylon.
(b) Laos.
(c) Burma.
(d) Thailand.

2. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Darts.
(b) Pool.
(c) Poker.
(d) Snooker.

3. How many hotels did Mandalay have?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What were the Buddhist monks doing when Theroux encountered them in Mandalay in Chapter 17?
(a) Handing out religious tracts.
(b) Passing out flowers.
(c) Offering prayers to travelers.
(d) Begging.

5. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?
(a) That we had backed the wrong side.
(b) That we never planned to stay.
(c) That we had come in the first place.
(d) That we had stayed too long.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?

3. What profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?

4. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?

5. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?

(see the answer key)

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