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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American play was banned under Thieu's regime?
(a) Death of a Salesman.
(b) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(c) The Glass Menagerie.
(d) Our Town.

2. What was unique about the prostitute picked up by the tattooed American?
(a) She was actually a man.
(b) She had tattoos all over her body.
(c) She was underage.
(d) She was very old.

3. What country's guidebook did Theroux purchase at the bookstore in Osaka?
(a) Korea.
(b) China.
(c) USSR.
(d) Japan.

4. What was Theroux staring at for 15 minutes while at The Mess?
(a) A gecko on the wall.
(b) A mouse on the floor.
(c) A cat in the hallway.
(d) A bird outside the window.

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

6. What word was tattooed on the American civilian worker's right hand?
(a) Lion.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Tiger.

7. What were the Buddhist monks doing when Theroux encountered them in Mandalay in Chapter 17?
(a) Offering prayers to travelers.
(b) Begging.
(c) Passing out flowers.
(d) Handing out religious tracts.

8. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?
(a) That we had stayed too long.
(b) That we never planned to stay.
(c) That we had come in the first place.
(d) That we had backed the wrong side.

9. What was the Vietnamese woman doing with the half-American baby on the train through Vietnam?
(a) She was trying to get money.
(b) She was trying to give the baby to Theroux.
(c) She was a prostitute looking for work.
(d) She was trying to get passage out of Vietnam.

10. What was the name of the American English teacher in Hakodate?
(a) Charles.
(b) Matt.
(c) Chester.
(d) Carl.

11. How many Chinese were killed in the Malaysian riots referenced at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 2,000.

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

13. What did Theroux write was a common form of Japanese courtesy among parents?
(a) They gave fancy gifts to their children's teachers.
(b) They treated their children's teachers to fancy dinners.
(c) They provided teachers with extra pay.
(d) They helped out in the classrooms.

14. What was bunraku?
(a) Children's theater.
(b) Puppet theater.
(c) Pornographic theater.
(d) Comedy revue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did Bernard's father follow?

2. What city did Mr. Pensacola say had boring nightclubs?

3. What did the security officer note Theroux did not have when he claimed to be a tourist?

4. In what town did Theroux find cheap brothels and plentiful opium in Chapter 20?

5. Why did the train stop outside Nagoya?

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