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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. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Burma.
(c) Laos.
(d) Ceylon.

2. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Snooker.
(b) Darts.
(c) Pool.
(d) Poker.

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

4. What was the name of mansion managed by Bernard?
(a) Lochcraig.
(b) Candacraig.
(c) Castlecraig.
(d) Inverness.

5. What was a rotan?
(a) A hat.
(b) A type of decorative box.
(c) A four-foot cane.
(d) A pastry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the topic of the conference Ghosh and Rahman attended in Singapore?

2. What Christmas song did Theroux hear on the train through the Soviet Union?

3. Where were Ghosh and Rahman from?

4. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?

5. To what American author did Theroux compare the Japanese writer, Hirai Taro?

(see the answer key)

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