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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20 and 21, pp. 207-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?
(a) Gunga Din.
(b) Kim.
(c) Just-so Stories.
(d) The Jungle Book.

2. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Darts.
(b) Pool.
(c) Snooker.
(d) Poker.

3. What local delicacy did Theroux find for sale to passengers at the stations in Burma?
(a) Fried ants.
(b) Fried mealworms.
(c) Fried locusts.
(d) Fried grasshoppers.

4. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) El Cid.
(b) Saladin.
(c) Tamerlane.
(d) Genghis Khan.

5. To what did Theroux compare the forests of Madhya Pradesh?
(a) The woods of Appalachia.
(b) The redwood forests.
(c) The woods of the Pacific Northwest.
(d) The woods of New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many of the dentists in Simla come from?

2. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?

3. In what year did Twain travel to India?

4. How did the Tamils clean their teeth on the train in Chapter 12?

5. What is the current name of Ceylon?

(see the answer key)

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