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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Twain travel to India?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1900.

2. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wasteland.
(b) Japperwocky.
(c) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
(d) The Faerie Queene.

3. What African language did Theroux hear on the train as it traveled through England?
(a) Yoruba.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Xhosa.
(d) Ibo.

4. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) The Exiles.
(c) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(d) Dubliners.

5. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?
(a) The birth of Adam.
(b) The birth of Buddha.
(c) The birth of Muhammad.
(d) The birth of Jesus.

6. What author was Theroux reading at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Dinesen.
(c) Forster.
(d) Kipling.

7. In Chapter 13, where was the unpleasant American monk originally from?
(a) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Washington, D.C.

8. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?
(a) As a gathering place for feasts.
(b) As a gathering place for selling food.
(c) As a bathroom.
(d) As a place for meeting people.

9. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?
(a) Madras.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Bombay.
(d) Calcutta.

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

11. How far does the train from Delhi to Madras travel?
(a) 2,500 miles.
(b) 2,000 miles.
(c) 1,400 miles.
(d) 1,000 miles.

12. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?
(a) They had relatives there.
(b) They did not want to learn German.
(c) They did not want to learn French.
(d) They wanted to avoid Europeans.

13. What was the tall, four-foot wide box found in the individual compartment in Chapter 9?
(a) An old air conditioning unit.
(b) An old refrigerator.
(c) A folding bed.
(d) A storage space for luggage.

14. Why did the professor say Indians claimed knowledge they did not actually have?
(a) They were ashamed of Indian and Hindu history.
(b) They were taught wrong things in school.
(c) They did not want to seem ignorant in front of Westerners.
(d) They wanted to make Indian history sound more fascinating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the greatest annoyance during the afternoon ride to Rameswaram in Chapter 13?

2. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?

3. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?

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

5. Approximately how many of these animals did Theroux see?

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