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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 profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?
(a) Academia.
(b) Dentistry.
(c) Trade.
(d) Medicine.

2. What festival was being celebrated as Theroux arrived in Calcutta in Chapter 16?
(a) Diwali.
(b) Ramadan.
(c) Chhat.
(d) Eid.

3. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 70,000.

4. What was the Vietnamese woman doing with the half-American baby on the train through Vietnam?
(a) She was a prostitute looking for work.
(b) She was trying to get passage out of Vietnam.
(c) She was trying to get money.
(d) She was trying to give the baby to Theroux.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the American travelers discussing on the train in Chapter 8?

5. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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