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

2. What was the tall, four-foot wide box found in the individual compartment in Chapter 9?
(a) A folding bed.
(b) An old refrigerator.
(c) A storage space for luggage.
(d) An old air conditioning unit.

3. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?
(a) American literature.
(b) American history.
(c) African literature.
(d) British Literature.

4. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.
(a) To decorate aquariums with coral.
(b) To make artificial coral.
(c) To make tourist knick-knacks.
(d) To make lime.

5. What book was Mr. Thanoo reading in Chapter 21?
(a) A Passage to India.
(b) A Bend in the River.
(c) Kim.
(d) Colonel Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?

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

3. What did every train include in the Goktiek area?

4. What railway line did Theroux grow up near?

5. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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