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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8, pp. 81-99.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Little Dorrit.
(c) Bleak House.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

3. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Doestoevsky.
(b) Gogol.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Chekhov.

4. At what Italian station was Duffill left behind?
(a) Venice.
(b) Domodossola.
(c) Milan.
(d) Bardolino.

5. At what French station did the train join the Orient Express?
(a) Gare du Nord.
(b) Gare du Sud.
(c) Gare Centrale.
(d) Gare de Lyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?

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

3. How long was the trip to Lahore?

4. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?

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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