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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. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?
(a) As a place for meeting people.
(b) As a gathering place for feasts.
(c) As a bathroom.
(d) As a gathering place for selling food.

2. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?
(a) Bombay.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Madras.
(d) Delhi.

3. What city did Mr. Pensacola say had boring nightclubs?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Washington, DC.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Parsis place their dead?

2. How long was the trip to Lahore?

3. Whose alleged grave site did Theroux visit in Ceylon?

4. To which country was Sadiq going to bring Turkish workers?

5. Which Hindu deity did the Bengalis worship in the other festival described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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