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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26 and 27, pp. 268-288.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?
(a) Street Without Happiness.
(b) Street Without Pity.
(c) Street Without Peace.
(d) Street Without Joy.

2. Where were Ghosh and Rahman from?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) India.
(d) Ceylon.

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

4. How did celebrants mark the banned festival?
(a) By dancing all night.
(b) By piercing their tongues.
(c) By piercing their bodies with skewers.
(d) By parading all night.

5. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?
(a) From a swami.
(b) From an imam.
(c) From a Buddhist monk.
(d) From a palm reader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of mansion managed by Bernard?

2. Which religion's festival was banned in India?

3. What did Mr. Lau sell when not working as a civil servant?

4. What was the greatest annoyance during the afternoon ride to Rameswaram in Chapter 13?

5. How many passengers transferred from the train to the Aomori ferry?

(see the answer key)

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