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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 happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?
(a) It blew up.
(b) It burned down.
(c) It was seized by the government.
(d) It was damaged in an earthquake.

2. How long was the trip to Lahore?
(a) Fifteen hours.
(b) Twenty hours.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) Five hours.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?

2. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?

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

4. What American song was playing in a Burmese style aboard the train in Burma in Chapter 17?

5. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?

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