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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 English novelist once wrote, "The journey is the goal"?
(a) Roddy Doyle.
(b) Ian McEwan.
(c) Michael Frayn.
(d) Graham Greene.

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

3. In what town did Theroux find cheap brothels and plentiful opium in Chapter 20?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Nong Khai.
(c) Vientiane.
(d) Bangkok.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did it cost to go to the Japanese bath?

2. What was the tall, four-foot wide box found in the individual compartment in Chapter 9?

3. Why was the official going through the train checking the IDs of civilian males?

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

5. What drug was the German man addicted to in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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