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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?
(a) It blew up.
(b) It was damaged in an earthquake.
(c) It was seized by the government.
(d) It burned down.

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

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

4. What animals scavenged food at the rail station in Toungoo in Chapter 17?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Cats.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Dogs.

5. What Shakespeare play did Anne teach while living in Queenstown?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Richard III.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Julius Caesar.

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

7. What time was dinner served at Bernard's mansion?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six-thirty.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

8. Which religion's festival was banned in India?
(a) Sikh.
(b) Christian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Tamil.

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

10. What was the nickname of Highway One between Hue and Danang?
(a) Street Without Joy.
(b) Street Without Happiness.
(c) Street Without Pity.
(d) Street Without Peace.

11. What was the surname of the local USIS official in Hue?
(a) O'brien.
(b) McSweeney.
(c) McLellan.
(d) McTaggart.

12. What time did Theroux wake up at the station at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Four a.m.
(b) One a.m.
(c) Two a.m.
(d) Midnight.

13. How many rooms were in Bernard's mansion?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.

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

15. Where did Bernard tell Theroux he was born?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Rangoon.
(c) Landi Kotal.
(d) Simla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the young man leaving Bangalore to go to Bangkok in Chapter 16?

2. What did Theroux witness the Japanese workers doing at the National Railways office?

3. How many deserters did Dial estimate remained in Vietnam?

4. How long did the professor's course of Henry James' The Golden Bowl last?

5. What service was common for tourists in Bangkok?

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