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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 and 19, pp. 188-206.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Jackie Robinson.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Cal Ripkin.
(d) Hank Aaron.

2. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Bleak House.
(b) Little Dorrit.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

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

4. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Simla.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Gujarat.
(d) Delhi.

5. What was the approximate population of Ceylon at the time of Chapter 15?
(a) Seven million.
(b) Fifteen million.
(c) Twenty million.
(d) Twelve million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Theroux buy at the Naung-Peng station while waiting for the next train?

2. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?

3. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?

5. What religion did Bernard's father follow?

(see the answer key)

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