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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 and 25, pp. 241-267.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one American take to deal with the Indian food and water?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Milk.

2. What time was dinner served at Bernard's mansion?
(a) Six-thirty.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

3. 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.

4. What railway line did Theroux grow up near?
(a) Chesapeake and Ohio.
(b) Central Pacific.
(c) Boston and Maine.
(d) Amtrak.

5. How did celebrants mark the banned festival?
(a) By piercing their tongues.
(b) By parading all night.
(c) By dancing all night.
(d) By piercing their bodies with skewers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet did the train ascend before descending into the gorge in Chapter 19?

2. What term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?

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

4. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

5. At what French station did the train join the Orient Express?

(see the answer key)

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