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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30, part 1, 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?
(a) He was attending a madrassa.
(b) He was visiting mosques.
(c) He was traveling to Mecca.
(d) He was reading the Koran.

2. To which country was Sadiq going to bring Turkish workers?
(a) East Germany.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) West Germany.
(d) Australia.

3. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Filmfare.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Bollywood Today.
(d) Premiere.

4. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Little Dorrit.
(c) Bleak House.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

5. What time did Theroux wake up at the station at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Two a.m.
(b) One a.m.
(c) Four a.m.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?

2. What area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?

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

4. Which religion's festival was banned in India?

5. Why was Theroux nasty to the medical doctor on board the train?

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