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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?
(a) The Jungle Book.
(b) Gunga Din.
(c) Kim.
(d) Just-so Stories.

2. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Uzbekistan.
(d) Turkemistan.

3. How long was the trip to Lahore?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Twenty hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Fifteen hours.

4. What was the name of the mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) Jalalabad Pass.
(b) Khyber Pass.
(c) Peshawar Pass.
(d) Khana Pass.

5. How did the Tamils clean their teeth on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) With floss.
(b) With their fingers.
(c) With peeled green twigs.
(d) With Western-style toothbrushes.

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

7. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?
(a) Sweet potato.
(b) Beet.
(c) Carrot.
(d) Pear.

8. Where did the Parsis place their dead?
(a) Towers of Death.
(b) Towers of Silence.
(c) Towers of Faith.
(d) Towers of Zoroaster.

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

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

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

12. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?
(a) American history.
(b) British Literature.
(c) American literature.
(d) African literature.

13. What was on the marble slabs at the Galta temple entrance?
(a) A list of religious beliefs.
(b) A list of prohibited activities.
(c) A list of temple members.
(d) A list of service times.

14. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?
(a) 34.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

15. What profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?
(a) Academia.
(b) Dentistry.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the cockney man going to Australia?

2. Why did the professor say Indians claimed knowledge they did not actually have?

3. What was the name of the actors' agent met by Theroux on the Orient Express?

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

5. What was baksheesh?

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