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

2. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?
(a) 40.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 34.

3. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?
(a) He was traveling to Mecca.
(b) He was attending a madrassa.
(c) He was reading the Koran.
(d) He was visiting mosques.

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

5. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?
(a) The imam died.
(b) The imam laughed.
(c) The imam fainted.
(d) The imam screamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?

2. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?

3. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?

4. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?

5. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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