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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?
(a) Two months.
(b) Four months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

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

3. Whose alleged grave site did Theroux visit in Ceylon?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Cain and Abel.
(c) Mary and Joseph.
(d) Noah.

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

5. What did the English missionary in Madras claim other missionaries were doing?
(a) Paying people to convert their relatives.
(b) Paying people to build churches.
(c) Paying people to get confirmed.
(d) Paying people to get baptized.

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

7. What is the current name of Ceylon?
(a) Siam.
(b) Sri Lanka.
(c) Myanmar.
(d) Burma.

8. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?
(a) Ahmad Khan.
(b) Tamerlane.
(c) King Babar.
(d) Genghis Khan.

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

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

11. Approximately how much did Theroux's meal cost on the train through France?
(a) Eight dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Fifteen dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?

2. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?

3. What was on the marble slabs at the Galta temple entrance?

4. On what Victoria station platform did Theroux depart on his trip?

5. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?

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