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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. How many hotels did Mandalay have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

2. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Dried fruit.
(d) Potatoes.

3. Where did many of the dentists in Simla come from?
(a) Japan.
(b) India.
(c) America.
(d) China.

4. What is the current name of Ceylon?
(a) Myanmar.
(b) Siam.
(c) Burma.
(d) Sri Lanka.

5. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?
(a) King Babar.
(b) Ahmad Khan.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Tamerlane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?

2. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?

3. What city did Mr. Pensacola say had boring nightclubs?

4. What was the code name of Theroux's American host in Saigon?

5. In what year did Twain travel to India?

(see the answer key)

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