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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 were the American travelers discussing on the train in Chapter 8?
(a) The poverty in India.
(b) Their digestive problems.
(c) Hindu festivals.
(d) Religious disputes.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Vietnamese woman doing with the half-American baby on the train through Vietnam?

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

3. What was the surname of the local USIS official in Hue?

4. What magazine did the CIA official tell Theroux he wrote for?

5. What happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?

(see the answer key)

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