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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Theroux saw the drunk Japanese men in the bar in Osaka?
(a) They challenged him to a fight.
(b) One of them punched him.
(c) He played pool with them.
(d) One of them kissed him.

2. What kind of stories did Hirai Taro specialize in?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Tales of terror.
(d) Detective stories.

3. What was the American woman shown at the tea house ceremony?
(a) Japanese cinema.
(b) Japanese television.
(c) Pornographic films.
(d) Pornographic paintings.

4. What did Theroux write the Japanese took perverse pride in?
(a) How hard they worked.
(b) How small their families were.
(c) How expensive their country was.
(d) How smoothly the trains ran.

5. What book was Mr. Thanoo reading in Chapter 21?
(a) Kim.
(b) A Passage to India.
(c) A Bend in the River.
(d) Colonel Sun.

6. How many hotels did Mandalay have?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

7. What American song was playing in a Burmese style aboard the train in Burma in Chapter 17?
(a) A Whiter Shade of Pale.
(b) Deep Purple.
(c) The Weight.
(d) Marrakesh Express.

8. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 80,000.

9. Why did the train stop outside Nagoya?
(a) The engine had problems.
(b) There were more passengers getting on.
(c) There was another train ahead.
(d) There was a fire on the track.

10. How much did it cost to go to the Japanese bath?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Thirty dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

11. What were the Thai children doing near the railroad tracks near Nong Khai Station?
(a) Begging.
(b) Selling food.
(c) Flying kites.
(d) Selling knickknacks.

12. What was the name of mansion managed by Bernard?
(a) Castlecraig.
(b) Inverness.
(c) Candacraig.
(d) Lochcraig.

13. Why were there so few skiers on the train to Sapporo?
(a) Because people did not have time off in December.
(b) Because Japanese don't ski.
(c) Because it was not yet officially skiing season.
(d) Because there was not enough snow.

14. How many feet did the train ascend before descending into the gorge in Chapter 19?
(a) 4,000 feet.
(b) 3,500 feet.
(c) 3,000 feet.
(d) 5,000 feet.

15. What area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?
(a) Lashio.
(b) Pagan.
(c) Rangoon.
(d) Inle Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Sherlock Holmes story did Theroux allude to in Chapter 19?

2. What American author did Professor Toyama claim enjoyed Kyoto?

3. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?

4. What was the surname of the local USIS official in Hue?

5. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?

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