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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and 12, pp. 124-145.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately how many of these animals did Theroux see?
(a) 50.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

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

4. What was the name of the actors' agent met by Theroux on the Orient Express?
(a) Molesworth.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Greene.
(d) Wainsworth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?

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

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

5. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?

(see the answer key)

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