3. What was the feast day of the saint to whom the Ceylonese were praying?
(a) November 1.
(b) October 28.
(c) October 15.
(d) September 28.

4. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) The Innocents Abroad.
(b) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(c) A Tramp Abroad.
(d) Following the Equator.

5. What religion was the ship's second mate who disliked Indians and Ceylonese?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Buddhist.

6. What term did the civil servant use to describe a holy man in Chapter 9?
(a) Monk.
(b) Dervish.
(c) Saddhu.
(d) Swami.

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

8. What happened with the Orient Express when it went through the Alpine tunnel in Chapter 2?
(a) The lights went out.
(b) The train slowed down significantly.
(c) The train stopped.
(d) The train sped up.

9. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?
(a) Dried fruit.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Potatoes.

10. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?
(a) He was surrounded by hippies.
(b) He was surrounded by Australians.
(c) He was surrounded by locals.
(d) He was surrounded by Americans.

11. What animals did Theroux encounter near the Galta gorge temple?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Baboons.
(d) Monkeys.

12. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Babe Ruth.
(b) Cal Ripkin.
(c) Hank Aaron.
(d) Jackie Robinson.

13. What religious figure was born in the town of Mathura?
(a) Ganesh.
(b) Gautama Buddha.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Lord Krishna.

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

15. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Khatmandhu.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Pondicherry.