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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 term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?
(a) Maidan.
(b) Bundh.
(c) Puja.
(d) Satyagraha.

2. What American play was banned under Thieu's regime?
(a) Death of a Salesman.
(b) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(c) The Glass Menagerie.
(d) Our Town.

3. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Gogol.
(b) Doestoevsky.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Chekhov.

4. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?
(a) Street Without Joy.
(b) Street Without Pity.
(c) Street Without Happiness.
(d) Street Without Peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Hindu deity did the Bengalis worship in the other festival described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

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

3. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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