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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 did one American take to deal with the Indian food and water?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Milk.
(d) Fruit.

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

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

4. What was the common form of transportation in Calcutta described by Theroux in Chapter 16?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Moped.
(d) Rickshaw.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?

4. How many hotels did Mandalay have?

5. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?

(see the answer key)

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