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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10, pp. 100- 123.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wasteland.
(b) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
(c) The Faerie Queene.
(d) Japperwocky.

3. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?
(a) Commies.
(b) Blighters.
(c) Baksheesh.
(d) Layabouts.

4. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?
(a) Two months.
(b) One year.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six months.

5. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Filmfare.
(c) Premiere.
(d) Bollywood Today.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?

3. Where did the Parsis place their dead?

4. How long was the trip to Lahore?

5. What did one American take to deal with the Indian food and water?

(see the answer key)

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