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

2. What were the American travelers discussing on the train in Chapter 8?
(a) The poverty in India.
(b) Hindu festivals.
(c) Their digestive problems.
(d) Religious disputes.

3. What was the code name of Theroux's American host in Saigon?
(a) Eagle One.
(b) Viper One.
(c) Buffalo One.
(d) Cobra One.

4. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 80,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what Italian station was Duffill left behind?

2. In what year did Twain travel to India?

3. What drug was the German man addicted to in Chapter 8?

4. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?

5. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?

(see the answer key)

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