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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why was the cockney man going to Australia?
(a) There were too many Indians in London.
(b) There were too many Irish in London.
(c) There were too many blacks in London.
(d) There were too many Americans in London.

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

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

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

10. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?
(a) The imam laughed.
(b) The imam died.
(c) The imam screamed.
(d) The imam fainted.

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

12. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?
(a) St. Anthony.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) St. Jude.
(d) St. Patrick.

13. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Premiere.
(b) Bollywood Today.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Filmfare.

14. What was baksheesh?
(a) A government office.
(b) A bribe.
(c) A pastry.
(d) Extra money needed for a first-class ticket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, where was the unpleasant American monk originally from?

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

3. How far does the train from Delhi to Madras travel?

4. What book was Theroux reading at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?

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