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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 local delicacy did Theroux find for sale to passengers at the stations in Burma?
(a) Fried mealworms.
(b) Fried ants.
(c) Fried grasshoppers.
(d) Fried locusts.

2. What was the feast day of the saint to whom the Ceylonese were praying?
(a) November 1.
(b) October 28.
(c) September 28.
(d) October 15.

3. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.
(a) To make lime.
(b) To decorate aquariums with coral.
(c) To make artificial coral.
(d) To make tourist knick-knacks.

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

5. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?
(a) Pear.
(b) Sweet potato.
(c) Carrot.
(d) Beet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was interesting about the blond Sadiq picked up at the bar in Istanbul?

2. How long before departure were VIP seats reserved on Indian trains?

3. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?

4. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?

5. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?

(see the answer key)

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