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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the greatest annoyance during the afternoon ride to Rameswaram in Chapter 13?
(a) The train was crowded.
(b) Smoke from the steam engine poured through the windows.
(c) They train stopped frequently.
(d) There was no food available.

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

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

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

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

7. What drug was the German man addicted to in Chapter 8?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Marijuana.

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

9. Where did Sadiq go to enjoy himself when not taking pilgrims to Mecca?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Amman.
(c) Jenin.
(d) Beirut.

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

11. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) El Cid.
(b) Saladin.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Tamerlane.

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

13. At what Italian station was Duffill left behind?
(a) Venice.
(b) Domodossola.
(c) Milan.
(d) Bardolino.

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

15. What was the name of the actors' agent met by Theroux on the Orient Express?
(a) Greene.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Molesworth.
(d) Wainsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened with the Orient Express when it went through the Alpine tunnel in Chapter 2?

2. How long was the trip to Lahore?

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

4. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?

5. To which country was Sadiq going to bring Turkish workers?

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